The papal States were a group of territories in central Italy ruled by the popes from 754 until 1870. They included Vatican City. They were originally given to the papacy by Pepin the Short and reached their greatest extent in 1859. The last papal state the Vatican City was formally established as a separate state by the Lateran Treaty of 1929.
It was built by Catholics for Catholics.
The Vatican is built on the hill - Mons Vaticanus.
Vatican City was founded on February 11, 1929.
Vatican City was made and not discovered by anyone. It didn't exist until the Vatican was built.
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The name comes from Mons Vaticanus, the hill upon which the Vatican is built.
The Sistine Chapel.
There are no real land forms in Vatican City except for the hill upon which it has been built - the Mons Vaticanus.
3000 b.C.
New Kingdom Period
The Vatican is built on the hill - Mons Vaticanus - but the city itself is relatively flat.
They built the Vatican.