Vatican City

They are and have been for over 500 years.

Since the foundation of Rome, the neighborhood of the Vatican has always been the Vatican. It gets its name from the hill upon which it is built - the Mons Vaticanus. Later in history it became the headquarters of the Catholic Church and, in 1929, it became an independent country.

St PeterÕs Basilica is located in the Vatican City while the Colosseum is located in Italy. There is a distance of 3 miles between these two locations.

The Vatican became an independent city/state in 1929 with the signing of the Lateran Treaty. Before that it was just part of Rome, Italy, or the Papal States. It has always been located within the city of Rome and was named for the Vatican on which the neighborhood was built. I suppose the original founders of the Vatican would be Romulus and Remus.
Vatican City became an independent country in 1929 with the signing of the Lateran Treaty by Benito Mussolini and Pope Pius XI.

The Vatican is named for the hill upon which it was built - Mons Vaticanus and not for a Roman god.

Yes. some form of guardhouse or detention facility is needed to corral troublemakers who are then turned over to the Roma Police ( Italian). The Vatican, has, of course, the Swiss Guards, some of whom carry automatics on duty ( plain clothes and in uniform) and these are de facto and de jure- Vatican cops.

it does not exist.

St. Peter's tomb is a site under St. Peter's Basilica that includes several graves and a structure that may have been built to memorialize the location of St. Peter's grave. St. Peter's tomb is near the west end of a complex of mausoleums that date between about AD 130 and AD 300. The grave that is reputed to be that of St. Peter lies at the foot of the aedicula beneath the floor.

The tomb is located directly beneath the Papal Alter in the basicilica. The related links has an interactive map that lets you see where this is in relation to the entire Vatican Necropolis, of which the Basilica is a part as well as a link to Wikipedia where you can see pictures of the tomb and a more complete description.

The "main Church building" of the Holy Father would be the Basilica of St. John Lateran. The Holy Father (the Pope) is the Bishop of Rome and John Lateran is his cathedral. St. Peter's Basilica is probably the most famous church building as these is where the Cardinals meet to elect a new Pope. Where the Pope often celebrates "big" Masses which are televised, etc.

It weighs eight pounds.

No, not exactly, There are in the Vatican several sets of plates which are vermeil however. Vermeil is another term for a 'plating.' For example, many homes have dishes and cutlery, even jewellery which contain vermeil plating. It's a common feature. Most often you might see a white plate with a cobalt blue band around the edging and along the very tip of the edge there's a tiny band of gold colour- that would be described as vermeil as well.

It would be impractical to use solid gold plates as it's an inherently soft metal. Consequently, each time a knife or the forceful edge of a fork could remove fragments of the gold, rather quickly deteriorating the plate.

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth has numerous sets of plates which have sustained over history which are used as presentation plates, for when people are seated and served the equivalent of a 'starter.' But invariably, those plates, which in fact are also vermeil, but a very deep and rich application of vermeil, could suffer the same damage.

There's an old phrase that goes; not all that glitters is gold.

I think this justly applies to the Vatican...in more ways than one!

Yes, there are a number of non-clerical residents of the Vatican. For example, members of the Swiss Guard.

The Vatican is the location of the governing body of the Roman Catholic Church, including the Pope and a rather extensive ecclesiatical bureaucracy. Catholics consider this to be holy and therefore are interested in visiting it.

If some group held a black mass in secret, no one would know about it. Officially, nothing of that sort ever has happened.

Rome is the closest.

The Vatican has no football teams.

Yes, there are several gift shops in the vatican.

Pope John XXIII.

1.physical boundary or recognizable terrtory

2.Separate Government or ruling - providing service to the people and police powers

3.There shuld be people - population - on an on going basis

4.educationa system

5.economic system

6.transportation system

7.sovereinty - another country should not intervene its activities or administration

8.External recognition

Except for tourists, there are no children in the Vatican.

Yes you can. Millions of people visit it every year. They go there to see the Vatican, St. Peter's Square, some of the other churches and sometimes even to see the Pope.

The Vatican has produced many coin sets over the years. You need to know what year the coins were minted and also if they are gold or silver or not.

The Vatican Police are responsible for the general security of the Vatican. The Swiss Guard protects the pope.

The Vatican has few eateries so is really not noted for its food.