Apostolic Palace

The Apostolic Palace is the official residence of the Pope, the head of the , located in . It is also known as the Papal Palace, the Palace of the Vatican and the Vatican Palace.
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  • Type: Palace
  • Description: official residence of the Pope in Vatican City
  • Also known as: “Palace of Sixtus V”, “Palacio Apostolico Vaticano”, “Palau Apostòlic”, “Palazzi Pontifici”, “Palazzí Pontificí”, “Palazzo del Vaticano”, “Papal Palace”, “Vatican Palace”, “vatikáni palota”, “vatikáni pápai palota”, “Ватыканскі палац”, “Папскі палац”, “حواري ماڼۍ”, “식스투스 5세의 궁전”, “教宗宮”, “梵蒂岡宮”, and “西斯篤五世宮”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Vatican Library and Sistine Chapel.

Library
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The Vatican Apostolic Library, more commonly known… is situated 150 metres northwest of Apostolic Palace.

Church
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The is a chapel in the… is situated 180 metres southwest of Apostolic Palace.

Square
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St. Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly… is situated 190 metres south of Apostolic Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vatican and Old Rome.

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City is the world's smallest country both…

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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.

Apostolic Palace

Latitude
41.90384° or 41° 54′ 14″ north
Longitude
12.45625° or 12° 27′ 23″ east
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
8FHJWF34+GG
Geo­Names ID
12402363
Wiki­data ID
Q145093
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Apostolic Palace” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Pallati Apostolik”
  • Arabic: “القصر الرسولي”
  • Armenian: “Վատիկանի առաքելական պալատ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Apostol Sarayı”
  • Basque: “Jauregi Apostolikoa”
  • Belarusian: “Апостальскі палац”
  • Bulgarian: “Апостолически дворец”
  • Catalan: “Palau Vaticà”
  • Central Bikol: “Palasyong Apostoliko”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆشکی ڕووسوولی”
  • Chinese: “使徒宫”
  • Chinese: “使徒宮”
  • Chinese: “宗座宮”
  • Croatian: “Apostolska palača”
  • Czech: “Apoštolský palác”
  • Danish: “Apostolske Palads”
  • Dutch: “Apostolisch Paleis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القصر الرسولى”
  • Esperanto: “Apostola palaco”
  • Esperanto: “Vatikana Palaco”
  • Estonian: “Apostellik palee”
  • Estonian: “Apostlik palee”
  • Finnish: “Apostolinen palatsi”
  • French: “palais du Vatican”
  • French: “Palais du Vatican”
  • Galician: “Palacio Vaticano”
  • Georgian: “აპოსტოლური სასახლე”
  • German: “Apostolischer Palast”
  • Greek: “Αποστολικό Παλάτι”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון האפיפיור”
  • Hindi: “प्रेरित महल”
  • Hungarian: “Apostoli Palota”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Apostolik”
  • Irish: “an Pálás Aspalda”
  • Italian: “Palazzo Apostolico”
  • Japanese: “バチカン宮殿”
  • Korean: “사도궁”
  • Latin: “Palatium Apostolicum”
  • Latvian: “Apustuliskā pils”
  • Lithuanian: “Apaštalų rūmai”
  • Macedonian: “Апостолски дворец”
  • Malayalam: “അപ്പോസ്തോലിക കൊട്ടാരം”
  • Maltese: “Palazz Appostoliku”
  • Maltese: “Palazz tal-Vatikan”
  • Mazanderani: “آپوستولیکو کاخ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vatikanpalasset”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vatikanpalasset”
  • Norwegian: “Vatikanpalasset”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Palais del Vatican”
  • Persian: “کاخ حواری”
  • Polish: “Pałac Apostolski”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio Apostólico”
  • Pushto: “اپوستوليک ماڼۍ”
  • Romanian: “Palatul Apostolic”
  • Russian: “Апостольский дворец”
  • Scots: “Apostolic Palace”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lùchairt nan Abstol”
  • Serbian: “Апостолска палата”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Apostolska palača”
  • Slovak: “Apoštolský palác”
  • Slovenian: “Apostolska palača”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Apostólico Vaticano”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Apostólico”
  • Swedish: “Apostoliska palatset”
  • Tagalog: “Palasyong Apostoliko”
  • Tamil: “திருத்தூதரக அரண்மனை”
  • Tatar: “Рәсүл сарае”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังพระสันตะปาปา”
  • Turkish: “Apostolik Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “Апостольський палац”
  • Urdu: “رسولی محل”
  • Uzbek: “Apostol saroyi”
  • Venetian: “Pałaso Apostòłego Vategan”
  • Vietnamese: “Điện Tông tòa”
  • Vietnamese: “Điện Tông Tòa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Palasyo Apostolico”
  • Welsh: “Palas y Fatican”
  • Western Frisian: “Apostoalysk Paleis”

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