Metropolitan Rome
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Municipio Roma XIV

Apostolic Palace

The Apostolic Palace is the official residence of the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, 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”, “Palazzi Pontifici”, “Palazzí Pontificí”, “Palazzo Apostolico”, “Papal Palace”, and “Vatican Palace”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vatican Library and St. Peter’s Square.

Library
Photo: Melozzo da Forlì, Public domain.
The Vatican Apostolic Library, more commonly known as the or informally as the Vat, is the of the Holy See, located in , and is the city-state's national library. is situated 150 metres northwest of Apostolic Palace.

Square
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St. Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly in front of in , the papal enclave in , directly west of the neighborhood of . is situated 190 metres south of Apostolic Palace.

Church
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The is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in . Originally known as the Cappella Magna, it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. is situated 180 metres southwest 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 by area and by population, and is the centre of Catholicism. This tiny country completely within is packed with more history and artwork than most cities in the world, and indeed many countries.

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is the historic medieval and renaissance center of . While the oldest section of Rome is at the , and the Modern Center has shifted to the Via Veneto, remains the city's most charming district, with lovely piazzas and streets to wander and find small cafes and restaurants.

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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”
  • Belarusian: “Ватыканскі палац”
  • Belarusian: “Папскі палац”
  • Bulgarian: “Апостолически дворец”
  • Catalan: “Palau Apostòlic”
  • Catalan: “Palau Vaticà”
  • Central Bikol: “Palasyong Apostoliko”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆشکی ڕووسوولی”
  • Chinese: “使徒宫”
  • Chinese: “使徒宮”
  • Chinese: “宗座宮”
  • Chinese: “教宗宮”
  • Chinese: “梵蒂岡宮”
  • Chinese: “西斯篤五世宮”
  • 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”
  • Hungarian: “Apostoli Palota”
  • Hungarian: “Palazzo Apostolico”
  • Hungarian: “vatikáni palota”
  • Hungarian: “vatikáni pápai palota”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Apostolik”
  • Irish: “an Pálás Aspalda”
  • Italian: “Palazzo Apostolico”
  • Italian: “Palazzo del Vaticano”
  • Japanese: “バチカン宮殿”
  • Korean: “사도궁”
  • Korean: “식스투스 5세의 궁전”
  • Latin: “Palatium Apostolicum”
  • Latvian: “Apustuliskā pils”
  • Lithuanian: “Apaštalų rūmai”
  • Macedonian: “Апостолска палата”
  • Macedonian: “Апостолски дворец”
  • Malayalam: “അപ്പോസ്തോലിക കൊട്ടാരം”
  • Maltese: “Palazz Appostoliku”
  • Maltese: “Palazz tal-Vatikan”
  • Mazanderani: “آپوستولیکو کاخ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Palazzi Pontifici”
  • 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”
  • Pushto: “حواري 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 Apostolico Vaticano”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Apostólico Vaticano”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Apostólico”
  • Swedish: “Apostoliska palatset”
  • Swedish: “Palazzi Pontifici”
  • 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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