Vatican City, the smallest country in the world, is home to some of the most spectacular art and architecture in Europe. The self-contained sovereign state is nestled within the heart of Rome and ...

Vatican City is the world’s smallest fully independent nation-state. It is ruled by the pope, who is the head of the Holy See, the central government of the Catholic Church.

The Vatican is the smallest independent state in the world and residence of the spiritual leadership of the Roman Catholic Church. Its territory is surrounded by the Italian capital city Rome, and ...