Vatican City

Vatican City is a country in and has about 453 residents. Vatican City is situated near the locality , as well as near the neighborhood .

Places of Interest

Highlights: St. Peter’s Basilica and Sistine Chapel.

Church
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The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply St.

Church
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The is a chapel in the…

Square
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St. Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Rome and North Rome.

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is the historic medieval and renaissance center of .

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The North of is comprised of Municipi III, XI-XV.

Locality
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The Capitolium or , between the …

Vatican City

Latitude
41.90341° or 41° 54′ 12″ north
Longitude
12.45285° or 12° 27′ 10″ east
Population
453
Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)
UN/LOCODE
VA VAT
Open location code
8FHJWF33+94
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9481710122
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
6691831
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Vatican City” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الفاتيكان”
  • Armenian: “Վատիկան”
  • Basque: “Vatikano Hiria”
  • Belarusian: “Ватыкан”
  • Breton: “Keoded ar Vatikan”
  • Burmese: “ဗာတီကန်စီးတီး”
  • Catalan: “Ciutat del Vaticà”
  • Chinese: “Fàndìgāng”
  • Chinese: “梵蒂冈”
  • Croatian: “Grad Vatikan”
  • Czech: “Vatikán”
  • Danish: “Vatikanstaten”
  • Dutch: “Vaticaan-Stad”
  • Dutch: “Vaticaanstad”
  • Finnish: “Vatikaanivaltio”
  • French: “Cité du Vatican”
  • French: “État de la Cité du Vatican”
  • French: “Vatican”
  • Georgian: “ვატიკანი”
  • German: “Staat der Vatikanstadt”
  • German: “Staat Vatikanstadt”
  • German: “Vatikanstadt”
  • Greek: “Βατικανό”
  • Hebrew: “קריית הוותיקן”
  • Hindi: “वैटिकन सिटी”
  • Hungarian: “Vatikán”
  • Irish: “Cathair na Vatacáine”
  • Italian: “Città del Vaticano”
  • Italian: “Vaticano”
  • Japanese: “バチカン”
  • Kannada: “ವ್ಯಾಟಿಕನ್ ನಗರ”
  • Korean: “바티칸 시”
  • Korean: “바티칸 시국”
  • Korean: “바티칸”
  • Kurdish: “Vatîkan”
  • Lithuanian: “Vatikanas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vatikanstaten”
  • Norwegian: “Vatikanstaten”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Vatican”
  • Polish: “Watykan”
  • Portuguese: “Vaticano”
  • Romanian: “Vatican”
  • Russian: “Ватикан”
  • Serbian: “Ватикан”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad del Vaticano”
  • Spanish: “Vaticano”
  • Swedish: “Vatikanstaden”
  • Swedish: “Vatikanstaten”
  • Tatar: “Ватикан”
  • Thai: “นครรัฐวาติกัน”
  • Tibetan: “ཝ་ཏི་ཀན་གྲོང་ཁྱོར།”
  • Ukrainian: “Ватикан”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành Vatican”
  • Welsh: “Dinas y Fatican”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Piazza dei Protomartiri Romani and Prati.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Fountain of the Holy Sacrament and Gardener’s Lodge.

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