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The famous Venetian writer Giuseppe Berto made Capo Vaticano his home, after travelling throughout Italy. "Capo Vaticano", he wrote, "is called Vatican as a Roman hill: once priests and fortune tellers searched for the future basing their predictions on birds' flights. 200 metres over the Cape there is a rock called Mantineo and in ancient Greek, it means: to communicate with God.
Vatican City, officially State of the Vatican City (Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae; Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano), is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. At approximately 44 hectares (110 acres), it is the smallest independent nation in the world.
Capo Vaticano Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Capo Vaticano) is an active lighthouse located in Capo Vaticano, which is a Cape in the south western Calabria on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Description [ edit ]
The flag of Vatican City. Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a landlocked sovereign country, city-state, microstate, and enclave surrounded by, and historically a part of, Rome, Italy.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. Enclaved Holy See's independent city-state This article is about the city-state in Europe. For the city-state's government, see Holy See. Vatican City State Stato della Città del Vaticano (Italian) Status Civitatis Vaticanae (Latin) Flag Coat of arms Anthem: Inno e Marcia Pontificale ...
Official endonym(s): Stato della Città del Vaticano (pronounced [ˈstaːto della tʃitˈta ddel vatiˈkaːno]), [7] Adjectival(s): Vatican; Demonym(s): Citizen of Vatican City [8] Etymology: See Vatican Hill; ISO country codes: VA, VAT, 336; ISO region codes: none; Internet country code top-level domain: .va
San Pellegrino in Vaticano; Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri; Santa Maria della Pietà in Camposanto dei Teutonici; Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope; Vatican Observatory; Vatican Pharmacy; Bibliotheca Palatina; Cappella Giulia; Cappella Paolina; Cardinal Secretary of State; Casina Pio IV; Circus of Nero; Redemptoris Mater Chapel; Saints Martin ...
Michelangelo, The Conversion of Saul. The Cappella Paolina (the Pauline Chapel) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City.It is separated from the Sistine Chapel by the Sala Regia.