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Vatican
Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


The State of the Vatican City is the smallest independent country in the world (both in area and in population), a landlocked enclave surrounded by the city of Rome in Italy.
"The Vatican" is the home of the Pope, and forms the territory of the Holy See, the central authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Vatican City includes the Vatican Hill (mons vaticanus), whose name antedates Christianity, and the Vatican Fields north of the hill, upon which St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, and the Vatican Museums are built.

Santa Sede
Official language; Latin (Italian is most common)
Area; 0.44 km2
Population; 2000 Independence; - Date Lateran treaties February 11, 1929
Currency; Euroš (Prior to 1999: Vatican lira)
Time zone; UTC +1
National anthem; Inno e Marcia Pontificale
Internet TLD; .VA
Phone Calling Code; 379

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During 1978, my daughter, Sarolta and I spent some time travelling around Italy, visiting many cities and other attractions.

We spent a few days exploring the 'Eternal City' Rome.

We have spent some time visiting the Vatican and Saint Peter's Basilica, Head Quarters of the world's Catholics like us, so to speak.

Very beautiful, very Holy, awesome.


On our way from Hungary to New Zealand in 1996, Hui Chin, Endre and I visited Rome.

No visit to Rome would be complete without visiting the Vatican, especially for us practicing Catholics.

We were fortunate enough to spend enough time to explore what was deplorable at the Holy See.

Exceptionally beautiful and interesting place.


During 2006 we visited the Rome again and one of our first priority was to visit the Vatican.
After alighting from the Metro near the Vatican, we went to have a couple of bites and drinks and on our way we wondered in one of the marquees set up near the Vatican selling souvenirs etc.
We noticed a little hammer/tool combination and we took our fancy to it, as we never seen one like it before and bought it for Endre, our son.
That was a very bad move.
We didn't know that there was a security check to get inside or near the Vatican.
Going through the x-ray, the man yelled "hammer" and we were turned away.




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