Ther Vatican is a country, not a church.
Vatican is the name of an independent country, not of a church.
Vatican City is the Papal State, an independent city-state located in Rome, Italy. The actual Papal States cesed to exist in the 19th century witht he reunification of Italy.
Vatican
The Vatican in Vatican City, Italy.
The Vatican.
Vatican City is the home of the Pope. His home is close to St. Peter's Basilica, the largest church in the Vatican City.
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The Renaissance did not fall as such; but the most powerful and richest influence in Italy was the Vatican. Then (as now) the Catholic Church obstructed the progress of science; the most famous example being the Church's persecution of the great genius Galileo.
In Vatican City in Rome Italy!
The Pope.
The head of the Catholic Church is the Pope, who is in Vatican City, Rome, Italy.
I believe that the larget Christian church is the Basilica at Vatican City in Rome, Italy.