2007-02-06 06:18:10 · 5 answers · asked by dmackutah12 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It has no historical importance. There's no such place as Vatican City. It's a wholly fictitious location. (It's my guess that this answer will satisfy anyone who would ask such a question.)
2007-02-06 06:21:39 · answer #1 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It represents the outcome of a solution to the problem of alienation of the papacy from the Italian government over the unification of Italy of 1861. Independent Vatican Cirty resulted from a concordat between the papacy and the government of Benito Mussolini in 1926 or so. The so-called Papal States, left over as feudal possessions of the papacy from the Middle Ages, were confiscated/liberated by the revolutionaries of 1860 as they threw all "foreign" rulers out and unified the country. In response, Pope Pius IX ("Pio Nono") withdrew into the Vatican, offended, and refused any relations with the government.
2007-02-06 06:26:29 · answer #2 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the sovereign territory of the Holy See (Latin:Sancta Sedes) and the location of the Apostolic Palace — the Pope's official residence — and the Roman Curia. See the site below for more! =)
2007-02-06 06:23:34 · answer #3 · answered by DB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has always been considered sacred. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Vatican_City
2007-02-06 06:22:32 · answer #4 · answered by Xiomy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Vatican_City
2007-02-06 06:24:14 · answer #5 · answered by Cister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋