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EncyclopediaVatican CityVatican City (văt'ikun) [key], independent state (2005 est. pop. 900), 108.7 acres (44 hectares), within the city of Rome, Italy, and the residence of the pope, who is its absolute ruler. Vatican City may be said to correspond politically to the former Papal States, but it was created as a result of the Lateran Treaty of 1929 between Pope Pius XI and King Victor Emmanuel III (negotiated by Cardinal Gasparri and Mussolini), which ended the so-called Roman Question. Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Vatican City from Infoplease:
- Vatican City - Map of Vatican City & articles on flags, geography, history, statistics, disasters current events, and international relations.
- Vatican City: History - History The history of the Vatican as a papal residence dates from the 5th cent., when, after ...
- Vatican City: Bibliography - Bibliography See M. T. Bonney, The Vatican (photographs with explanations, 1940); K. Isper, Vatican ...
- Vatican City: Civil and Church Government - Civil and Church Government The civil government of Vatican City is run by a lay governor and a ...
- Vatican City: Geographic and Political Extent - Geographic and Political Extent The Vatican City is a roughly triangular tract of land within Rome, ...
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