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The archives is also home to the only incunabula, or books printed before 1500, in the country. [ 1 ] Aside from having one of the largest collection of 15th-, 16th-, 17th-, and 18th-century European manuscripts in Asia, the archives also boasts of possessing the biggest collection of extant ancient baybayin scripts in the world.
A souvenir shop on the roof of St. Peter's Basilica An ATM in Vatican City with Latin instructions. The economy of Vatican City is mainly supported financially by the sale of stamps, coins, medals, and tourist mementos as well as fees for admission to museums and publication sales. Vatican City employed 4,822 people in 2016. [1]
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Philippines: National Archives of the Philippines: Manila Poland: Central Archives of Historical Records: Warsaw: 1808 National Digital Archives: 2008 (1955) over 15,000,000 photographs; over 40,000 sound recordings; about 2,400 motion pictures Portugal: Torre do Tombo National Archive: Lisbon: 1378 Puerto Rico: Archivo General de Puerto Rico
The use of the word secret in the former title, "Vatican Secret Archive", does not denote the modern meaning of confidentiality. A fuller and perhaps better translation of the archive's former Latin name may be the "private Vatican Apostolic archive", indicating that its holdings are the pope's personal property, not those of any particular department of the Roman Curia or the Holy See.
The Apostolic Nunciature in the Philippines is a top-level diplomatic mission assigned by the Holy See to the Philippines, located at 2140 Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila. Diplomatically, an apostolic nuncio may be equivalent to an ambassador , and often carries the ecclesial title of archbishop .
The Embassy of the Philippines to the Holy See is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the Holy See, the central government of Vatican City and the Roman Catholic Church. Opened in 1957, it is located along Via Paolo VI in the rione of Borgo , part of Municipio I in central Rome along the border between Italy and Vatican ...
Tourism is one of the principal sources of revenue in the economy of Vatican City. In 2007 about 4.3 million tourists visited the Vatican Museums alone. [3] Tourism is the main cause of the Vatican's unusually high crime rate: tourists are blamed for various minor thefts and incidents. [4]