Vatican City
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Apr 13, 2026 11:34 AM
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History
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Vatican City is an independent state, established following the Lateran Treaty of 11 February 1929. Its sovereign territory measures 44 hectares in area. There is a long and complex settlement history associated with this center of Christendom, beginning from the establishment of the Basilica of Saint Peter, erected during the reign of Constantine I in the fourth century CE on the site of what was believed to be the tomb of Saint Peter.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/88500321
41.9032651507, 12.4528179569
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Vatican City (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Città del Vaticano (Citta del Vaticano: Italian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Holy See (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Vatican City (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- None
- S. Petrus located in Vatican City (unspecified date range)
settlement (fortified)
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, 'Vatican City: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/88500321> [accessed: 19 May 2026]
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