What is the country of Vatican City?

Answer 1

From about the sixth century to 1870, the Popes were religious leaders, and also secular rulers over a swath of territory across the middle of the Italian Peninsula. The size and configuration of this territory varied greatly over the centuries, as did all the other Italian city-states that made up the peninsula. After the fall of Napoleon, the Kingdom of Piedmont -Sardinia began to conquer all the other Italian states, one by one, culminating in the conquest of Rome in 1870. The Pope then, Pius IX, believed he could not rule the Catholic Church without a sovereign, essentially politically neutral base, so from 1870 to 1929 Pius IX and his successors shut themselves up in the Vatican Palace, claiming they were the "Prisoners of Rome", and all the while hurling invectives and anathemas against the Royal Italian Government several blocks away in Rome itself.

Mussolini came to power in 1922, and he wanted to end the conflict between the Catholic Church and the Italian state, simply because it was a divisive factor. Most Italians were Catholic, and Mussolini saw the opposition of the Pope as a real problem in national unity for a budding dictator. So, he negotiated a treaty whereby the Pope was made the sovereign of independent Vatican City State, smaller than Monaco, Andorra, San Marino, or Liechtenstein. To compensate the Papacy for the loss of several hundred square miles of prime Italian real estate, Mussolini paid a tidy sum in Italian state bonds and cash.

Thus, the Vatican City State was created in 1929 through the Lateran Treaty entered into by Benito Mussolini and Pope Pius XI.

Answer 2

Vatican City is a country within Rome which is the capital of Italy. It has no cities, towns or capitals. The Sistine Chapel is located there, as well as St. Peter's Basilica. There is about 900 people who live there if I am correct.
The Vatican is located in Rome, Italy and is the smallest city state in world. It is the home of the Pope and the Catholic Church. Located in the Vatican is St. Peter's that was designed by Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel that was painted by him. Buried within St. Peter's is the tomb of Peter and past popes. Also there is 4 museums, and vast amounts of art and antiquities. There is also a library filled with books from through the ages and it has it's own banking system. I have been there three times and still want to go back.
Vatican City or simply the Vatican, is a sovereign country completely within the city of Rome. It is the headquarters of the Catholic Church and has fantastic museums in which not only church history is preserved, but ancient history as well.

Answer 3

Vatican City was formed when Pope Pius XI and Benito Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty in 1929. Prior to the treaty, the area that today comprises Vatican City was simply an area of Rome and part of the country of Italy.

Answer 4

The region of Rome known as the Vatican dates back to the Roman Republic. It was originally a swampy area west of the Tiber River until it was drained. Under the Roman Empire, many villas were constructed there, after Agrippina the Elder (14 BC - 18 October AD 33) drained the area and laid out her gardens in the early 1st century AD.

Answer 5

Vatican City Is a country that is entirely surrounded by Rome. Italy. It is not part of Italy, however.