Vatican Radio
Vatican Radio is the official broadcasting service of Vatican City. Established in 1931 by Guglielmo Marconi, today its programs are offered in 47 languages, and are sent out on short wave, DRM, medium wave, FM, satellite and the Internet.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Radio station
- Description: Vatican City radio station
- Also known as: “Radio Vaticana”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Peter’s Basilica and Vatican Hill.
St. Peter’s Basilica
Church
Photo: Rabax63, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. Peter's Basilica, is a church of the Italian Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy. St. Peter’s Basilica is situated 450 metres east of Vatican Radio.
Vatican Hill
Peak
Photo: Raphael, Public domain.
Vatican Hill is a hill in Rome, located on the right bank of Tiber river, opposite to the traditional seven hills of Rome. The hill also gave the name to Vatican City. It is the location of St. Peter's Basilica.
Sistine Chapel
Church
Photo: Snowdog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. Sistine Chapel is situated 520 metres east of Vatican Radio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Rome and North Rome.
Old Rome
Old Rome is the historic medieval and renaissance center of Rome. While the oldest section of Rome is at the Forum, and the Modern Center has shifted to the Via Veneto, Old Rome remains the city's most charming district, with lovely piazzas and streets to wander and find small cafes and restaurants.
Trastevere
Photo: Roundtheworld, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trastevere is a district in Rome. The district's name derives from the Latin words "Trans Tiberem": beyond the Tiber river. Today Trastevere is one of the centers of Roman night life; rich in pubs, restaurants, clubs.
Vatican Radio
- Categories: radio station, international broadcasting, and Catholic organization
- Location: Vatican, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Vatican Radio” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Radio Vatikani”
- Basque: “Vatikano Irratia”
- Belarusian: “Ватыканскае радыё”
- Bulgarian: “Радио Ватикана”
- Catalan: “Radio vatica”
- Catalan: “Radio vaticà”
- Catalan: “Ràdio vatica”
- Catalan: “Ràdio vaticà”
- Catalan: “Ràdio Vaticana”
- Chinese: “梵蒂冈广播电台”
- Chinese: “梵蒂冈电台”
- Chinese: “梵蒂岡廣播電台”
- Chinese: “梵蒂岡廣播電臺”
- Chinese: “梵蒂岡電台”
- Croatian: “Radio Vatikan”
- Czech: “Radio Vatikán”
- Czech: “Vatikánský rozhlas”
- Danish: “Vatikan Radio”
- Dutch: “Radio Vaticaan”
- Dutch: “Radio Vaticana”
- Esperanto: “Radio Vatikana”
- Esperanto: “Vatikana Radio”
- Finnish: “Vatikaanin radio”
- French: “Radio Vatican”
- French: “Radio-Vatican”
- Galician: “Radio Vaticana”
- Galician: “Radio Vaticano”
- German: “Radio Vaticana”
- German: “Radio Vatikan”
- German: “RV”
- Hebrew: “רדיו ותיקן”
- Hungarian: “Vatikáni Rádió”
- Indonesian: “Radio Vatikan”
- Indonesian: “Vatican Radio”
- Italian: “Radio Vaticana”
- Japanese: “ヴァチカン・ラジオ”
- Japanese: “ヴァチカン放送”
- Japanese: “バチカン放送”
- Korean: “라디오 바티칸”
- Korean: “바티칸 라디오”
- Latin: “Statio Radiophonica Vaticana”
- Latvian: “Vatikāna radio”
- Literary Chinese: “梵蒂岡廣播電臺”
- Lithuanian: “Vatikano radijas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Radio Vatican”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Radio Vaticana”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vatikanradioen”
- Norwegian: “Vatikanradioen”
- Polish: “Radio Vaticana”
- Polish: “Radio Watykan”
- Polish: “Radio Watykańskie”
- Portuguese: “Radio Vaticana”
- Portuguese: “Rádio Vaticano”
- Romanian: “Radio Vatican”
- Russian: “Радио Ватикан”
- Russian: “Радио Ватикана”
- Serbian: “Радио Ватикан”
- Slovak: “Radio Vaticana”
- Slovenian: “Radio Vatikan”
- Spanish: “Radio Vaticana”
- Spanish: “Radio Vaticano”
- Swedish: “Radio Vaticana”
- Swedish: “Vatikanradion”
- Tagalog: “Radyo Batikana”
- Tamil: “வத்திக்கான் வானொலி”
- Turkish: “Vatikan Radyosu”
- Ukrainian: “Радіо Ватикану”
- Vietnamese: “Đài phát thanh Vatican”
- Western Frisian: “Radio Fatikaan”
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