Vatican city state (Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae；; Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano), referred to as "Vatican", is an inland city-state located in the highland in the northwest corner of Rome, Italy. It is also the country with the smallest territory and the least population in the world, with a land area of only 0.44 square kilometers.
Because it is bordered by Italy on all sides, it is called "China". It is the center of Catholicism in the world-the seat of the Holy See headed by the Pope, and the belief center of one sixth of the world's population.
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1, Vatican Museum
Vatican Museum is located in the north of St. Peter's Church in Rome, Italy. It was originally the papal palace. The collection of precious cultural relics and art treasures can be compared with the British Museum in London and the Louvre in Paris. /kloc-in the 6th century, the museum and St. Peter's Cathedral were expanded at the same time, with a total area of 5. 5 hectares, the Palace Museum113, with an exhibition area similar to that of the Palace Museum.
2. St. Peter's Cathedral in Vatican.
St Peter's Cathedral, the largest church in the world. The cathedral is located on the west side of the square. As early as the 4th century A.D., the Roman emperor Constantine built a rectangular cathedral on his graveyard to commemorate St. Peter, a disciple of Jesus who died in the northwest corner of Rome. This is a basilica-style building, which is called Old St Peter's Cathedral.
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