O
Vaticano
ou
Cidade
do
Vaticano
,
oficialmente
Estado
da
Cidade
do
Vaticano
(italiano:
Stato
della
Città
del
Vaticano),
é
a
sede
da
Igreja
Católica
e
uma
cidade-Estado
soberana
sem
costa
marítima
cujo
território
consiste
de
um
enclave
murado
dentro
da
cidade
de
Roma,
capital
da
Itália.
Com
aproximadamente
44
hectares
(0,44
km²)
e
com
uma
população
de
pouco
mais de 800 habitantes, é o menor país do mundo, tanto por população quanto por área.
Fonte Wikipédia. Saiba mais
Vatican
City
,
or
Vatican
City
State
,
in
Italian
officially
Stato
della
Città
del
Vaticano
is
a
landlocked
sovereign
city-state
whose
territory
consists
of
a
walled
enclave
within
the
city
of
Rome.
It
has
an
area
of
approximately
44
hectares
(110
acres),
and
a
population
of
just
over
800.
This
makes
Vatican
City
the
smallest
internationally
recognized
independent
state
in
the
world
by
both area and population.
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Vatican
City
was
established
as
an
independent
state
in
1929
by
the
Lateran
Treaty,
signed
by
Cardinal
Secretary
of
State
Pietro
Gasparri,
on
behalf
of
Pope
Pius
XI
and
by
Prime
Minister
and
Head
of
Government
Benito
Mussolini
on
behalf
of
King
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.
Source “wikipedia.org”
The
name
"Vatican"
predates
Christianity
and
comes
from
the
Latin
Mons
Vaticanus,
meaning
Vatican
Mount.
The
territory
of
Vatican
City
is
part
of
the
Mons
Vaticanus,
and
of
the
adjacent
former
Vatican
Fields.
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Saint
Peter's
Square
is
a
massive
plaza
located
directly
in
front
of
St.
Peter's
Basilica
in
the
Vatican
City,
the
papal
enclave
surrounded
by
Rome,
directly
west
of
the
neighborhood
or
rione
of
Borgo.
At
the
center
of
the
square
is
a
four-thousand-year-
old
Egyptian
obelisk,
erected
at
the
current
site
in
1568.
Gian
Lorenzo
Bernini
designed
the
square
almost
100
years
later,
including
the
massive
Tuscan
colonnades,
four
columns
deep,
which
embrace
visitors
in
"the
maternal
arms
of
Mother
Church."
Source
“wikipedia.org”
A
Praça
de
São
Pedro
situa-se
em
frente
à
Basílica
de
São
Pedro,
no
Vaticano.
Foi
desenhada
por
Bernini
no
século
XVII
em
estilo
clássico
mas
com
adições
do
barroco.
Ergue-se
um
obelisco
do
Antigo
Egipto
no
centro.
O
estilo
clássico
pode
ser
apreciado
na
colunata
dórica
que
enquadra
a
entrada
trapezoidal
para
a
Basílica
e
a
grande
área
oval que a precede.
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The
Vatican
Gardens
in
Vatican
City
are
urban
gardens
and
parks
which
cover
more
than
half
of
the
Vatican
territory
in
the
South
and
Northeast.
There
are
some
buildings,
such
as
Radio
Vatican,
within
the gardens.
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Os
Jardins
do
Vaticano
são
jardins
e
parques
que
cobrem
mais
da
metade
do
território
do
Vaticano.
A
superfície
soma
cerca
de
200.000
m²
e
cobre
a
maior
parte
da
colina
do
Vaticano.
Os
jardins
e
parques
foram
estabelecidos
durante
as
eras
da
Renascença
e
Barroca.
Eles
são
decorados
por
fontes e esculturas.
Fonte “wikipedia.org”
The
Vatican
Museums,
located
inside
the
Vatican
City
State,
are
among
the
greatest
museums
in
the
world,
since
they
display
works
from
the
immense
collection
built
up
by
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
throughout
the
centuries
including
some
of
the
most
renowned
classical
sculptures
and
most
important
masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world.
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Sistine
Chapel
is
the
best-known
chapel
of
the
Apostolic
Palace,
the
official
residence
of
the
Pope
in
the
Vatican
City.
It
is
famous
for
its
architecture
and
its
decoration
that
was
frescoed
throughout
by
Renaissance
artists
including
Michelangelo,
Sandro
Botticelli,
Pietro
Perugino,
Pinturicchio,
Domenico
Ghirlandaio, and others.
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The
dome
of
St.
Peter's
rises
to
a
total
height
of
136.57
metres
(448.1
ft)
from
the
floor
of
the
basilica
to
the
top
of
the
external
cross.
It
is
the
tallest dome in the world.
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A
Cúpula
de
São
Pedro,
projetada
por
Michelangelo,
com
39.000
toneladas,
42
metros
de
diâmetro,
e
a
mais elevada parte do Vaticano.
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St.
Peter's
Basilica
is
a
Late
Renaissance
church
located
within
Vatican
City.
Designed
principally
by
Donato
Bramante,
Michelangelo,
Carlo
Maderno
and
Gian
Lorenzo
Bernini,
St.
Peter's
is
the
most
renowned
work
of
Renaissance
architecture
and
remains
one
of
the
largest
churches
in
the
world.
While
it
is
neither
the
mother
church
of
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
nor
the
cathedral
of
the
Bishop
of
Rome,
St.
Peter's
is
regarded
as
one
of
the
holiest
Catholic sites.
Source
“wikipedia.org”
A
Basílica
de
São
Pedro
é
uma
basílica
no
Estado
do
Vaticano,
tratando-se
da
maior
das
igrejas
do
cristianismo
e
um
dos
locais
cristãos
mais
visitados.
Cobre
uma
área
de
23000
m²
e
pode
albergar
mais
de
60
mil
devotos.
É
o
edifício
com
o
interior
mais
proeminente
do
Vaticano,
sendo
sua
cúpula
uma
característica
dominante
do
horizonte
de
Roma,
sendo
adornada
com
340
estátuas
de
santos,
mártires
e
anjos.
Fonte
“wikipedia.org”