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It is the same with the flag of the Vatican.

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Pope John Paul II, born in 1920, was elected in 1978 at the very young age of 58 and served for over 26 years, dying in 2005 at the age of 84.

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The Vatican is located in Vatican City. Vatican City is a sovereign city state located internally within the city of Rome, Italy.
in Central Italy

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It is an independent country - a city/state - the smallest country in the world.

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The Vatican (Vatican City) is a separate state located within the city of Rome, Italy, that serves as the religious and administrative center of the Roman Catholic Church. It is the official home of the reigning Pope and the meeting place for the leaders, or cardinals, of the Church. It is recognized as its own country, one of the smallest sovereign states in Europe.
Vatican city is very beautiful. The gardens are extremely looked after and elegant. It measures only 44 hectare which equals around 110 acres. There are many famous and popular tourist attractions. Some of the tourist attractions are The Sistine Chapel, St Peter's Basilica and Vatican Museum. The Vatican Museum is huge. The museum measure just over 9 miles ( if you were only to look at each painting for 1 minute it would take you 4 years to get through the whole museum) The pope also has his own personal guards also known as the Swiss guards. these have to be male, have basic army training, be unmarried, have no children and last but not least be a Swiss catholic.

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Ciudad del Vaticano

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How am I supposed to know?...

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From one of his Biographies:

"He was fluent in ten languages -- Polish, Latin, Italian, French, German, English, Spanish, Croatian, Portuguese, and Russian."

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The Vatican City is it's own nation. It is currently known as the smallest nation in the world

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The population varies from time to time but is generally about 850 permanent residents.

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There is no official language of the Vatican. However, all of the most important documents issued by the Vatican are in Latin.

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If so, it would only be a copy, because the REAL Mona Lisa is in the Louvre in Paris.

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Early in the history of the Church the headquarters was Rome as that city was considered the center of the world. The Roman Empire had good roads and ships were readily available to travel to anywhere in the empire. Later, the Papal States, covering a broad swath of land in central Italy was ruled by the pope until it was lost during the Italian reunification in the 19th century. In 1929 the Lateran Treaty the Vatican was ceded to the Catholic Church as an independent sovereign city state. It has been the home of the pope since then. Before 1929 the pope lived in a variety of locations in Rome and for seven decades the pope lived in Avignon, France.

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The Vatican has no native mammals so has no national mammal.

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The Pope lives in the Vatican. In 2014 that would be Pope Francis.

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The Commandant of the Guard is an Oberst or Colonel.

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The capacity of St. Peter's Basilica is 60,000+ people

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The Vatican was built over the site where St. Peter was buried. A Roman Emperor (I believe Constantine) had a grand church built over the small shrine which had once marked the grave of Peter. This Church was later cleared for the grander St. Peter's Basilica who's alter is still directly above the original grave of Peter. The other Vatican buildings were built nearby this grand church out of sheer desire to be close to the place where the first Bishop of Rome (Peter) was buried.

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As of 11/10/07 there are 183 Cardinals that have been appointed. Of these, 117 can vote for the next Pope. The difference of the two (183 - 117 = 66) are the total number of Cardinals that are over the age of 80, as no Cardinal over 80 can vote for the next Pope.

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The pope and Church officals and employees of the Vatican, including members of the Swiss Guard, live in the Vatican. There are about 800 residents of the Vatican.
The pope is the best known resident of the Vatican. However, there are between 800 and 850 residents of the tiny country that include some members of the Roman Curia, the Swiss Guard and other employees of the Vatican.