Vatican City (during curial service)

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Vatican City is the independent, walled city-state enclaved within Rome that serves as the spiritual and administrative center of the Roman Catholic Church and the residence of the Pope.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical state
enclave
landlocked country
sovereign city-state
administrativeCenterOf Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
area about 0.44 square kilometres
about 44 hectares
borderLength about 3.2 kilometres
borderWith Italy
callingCode +39 06
cameIntoExistence 1929
capital Vatican City
citizenshipBasis functional citizenship linked to service to the Holy See or Vatican City State
contains Apostolic Palace
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's Square
Vatican Apostolic Archive
Vatican Apostolic Library
linked to: Vatican Library

Vatican Gardens
Vatican Museums
continent Europe
currency euro
drivingSide right
enclavedWithin Italy
executiveBody Governorate of Vatican City State
flagDescription yellow and white vertical bands with the papal tiara and crossed keys
foundedByTreaty Lateran Treaty
governmentType elective theocratic absolute monarchy
governsFrom Apostolic Palace
hasNo permanent native population
hasSecurityForce Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City
linked to: Vatican Gendarmerie

Pontifical Swiss Guard
linked to: Swiss Guard
headOfGovernment Pope
headOfState Pope
highestPoint unnamed location on Vatican Gardens hill
highestPointElevation about 75 metres above sea level
internetTLD .va
judicialAuthority Court of Appeal of Vatican City State
Supreme Court of Vatican City State
Tribunal of Vatican City State
legislativeBody Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
locatedIn Rome
lowestPoint St. Peter's Square
lowestPointElevation about 19 metres above sea level
militaryStatus no standing army apart from Swiss Guard
nationalAnthem Inno e Marcia Pontificale
notMemberOf United Nations
officialLanguage Italian
Latin
officialName Stato della Città del Vaticano
linked to: Vatican City
population about 800 inhabitants
populationCharacteristic mostly clergy and religious personnel
predecessorEntity Papal States
primaryReligion Roman Catholicism
representedInternationallyBy Holy See
residenceOf Pope
shortName Vatican City State
linked to: Vatican City
sovereignOver Holy See
spiritualCenterOf Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
treatySignedWith Kingdom of Italy
treatySigningDate 11 February 1929
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1984
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteType cultural
workingLanguage Italian

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Francis Arinze residence Vatican City (during curial service)
Tarcisio Bertone residence Vatican City (during tenure as Secretary of State)
subject linked to: Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
linked to: Vatican City (during curial service)
Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna communionWith Pope in Rome
linked to: Vatican City (during curial service)
Master of the Order of Preachers country Vatican City (ecclesial context)
linked to: Vatican City (during curial service)