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Vatican City Picture by David Aaronson
Travel story: Vatican City

The Vatican City (or Holy See) is technically the smallest country in the world thanks to a treaty with Italy in 1929 which granted it independence. There are less than 1000 people living there, and it is also one of the world's wealthiest countries since it has all the money of the Catholic church at its disposal (more or less). This is the view from the Palatine Hill. The dome of St. Peter's pretty much dominates the Vatican skyline.



There are two major sights... More

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