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Delve into Vaticano
The district Vaticano of in Province of Rome (Latium) is a subburb in Italy a little west of Rome, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Rome, Formello, Ciampino, Tor Lupara and Riano. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 20°C / 68 °F
Morning Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
Evening Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
Night Temperature | 14°C / 58 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 43% |
Air Pressure | 1025 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 79% of sky |
General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Monday, 4th of November 2024
19°C (67 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 5th of November 2024
19°C (66 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Wednesday, 6th of November 2024
18°C (64 °F)
16°C (62 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Gran Meliá Roma
Della Conciliazione
Hotel Columbus
Dei Consoli Hotel
Orange
Atlante Star Hotel
Hotel Sant' Anna
Vatican Relais Rome
Adriatic
La Maison Royale
Videos from this area
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, S.J. , SJ or SI) is a Christian male religious order of the Roman Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits. They are sometimes referred to colloquially as "God's Soldiers", the latter being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and the members' willingness to accept orders anywhere in the world and to live in extreme conditions where required.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) (Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei), previously known as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition (wherefrom arose the names Roman Inquisition or Holy Inquisition popularly used in reference to the 16th century tribunals against witchcraft and heresy), and after 1904 called the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, is the oldest of the nine congregations of the Roman Curia.
Apostolic Palace
The Apostolic Palace is the official residence of the Pope, which is located in Vatican City. It is also known as the Sacred Palace, the Papal Palace and the Palace of the Vatican. The Vatican itself refers to the building as the Palace of Sixtus V in honor of Pope Sixtus V.
Institute for the Works of Religion
The Institute for the Works of Religion (Italian: Istituto per le Opere di Religione – IOR), commonly known as the Vatican Bank, is a privately held institute located inside Vatican City and run by a CEO who reports directly to a committee of cardinals, and ultimately to the Pope.
Saint Peter's Square
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.
Passetto di Borgo
The Passetto di Borgo, or simply Passetto, is an elevated passage that links the Vatican City with the Castel Sant'Angelo. It is an approximately 800 m long corridor, located in the rione of Borgo. It was erected in 1277 by Pope Nicholas III, but parts of the wall were built by Totila during the Gothic War. On several occasions it served as an escape route for Popes in danger. Pope Alexander VI crossed it in 1494, when Charles VIII invaded the city and the pope's life was in peril.
Leonine City
The Leonine City (in Latin Civitas Leonina) is the part of the city of Rome around which the ninth-century Pope Leo IV commissioned the construction of the Leonine Wall. It is on the opposite side of the Tiber from the seven hills of Rome and was not enclosed within the ancient city's Aurelian Walls, built between 271 and 275. The Vatican City is within the enclosed area, but the Leonine City, containing also the Roman rione of Borgo, is much more extensive than the tiny Vatican City.
Borgo (rione of Rome)
Borgo (sometimes called also I Borghi), is the 14th historic district of Rome, Italy. It lies on the west bank of the Tiber, and has a trapezoidal shape. Its coat of arms shows a lion (after the name "Leonine City", which was also given to the district), lying in front of three mounts and a star. These - together with a lion rampant - are also part of the coat of arms of Pope Sixtus V who annexed Borgo as fourteenth rione to the city of Rome.
Postage stamps and postal history of Vatican City
The Vatican post office has operated its own postal service and issued its own postage stamps since 1929. The postal history of Vatican City begins shortly after its official foundation on 11 February 1929. Two days later, the Vatican post office began operating with supplies and equipment donated by the Italian government.
Archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican (abbreviated to ACDF for Archivio Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei), commonly referred to as the Archive of the Inquisition (or more fully the Archive of the Inquisition and Index), contains the Catholic Church's documents dealing with doctrinal and theological issues related to church teaching. It also contains information on political trials that were carried out when the papacy had temporal power over the Papal States.
Pontifical Urbaniana University
The Pontifical Urbaniana University or Pontifical Urban University (Latin: Pontificia Universitas Urbaniana, Italian: Pontificia Università Urbaniana) is a pontifical university under the authority of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. It is also known as The Collegio Urbano of Propaganda Fide. It is located in Rome, the capital of Italy.
Santa Maria in Traspontina
Santa Maria in Traspontina (or Transpontina) is a Carmelite church in Rome, Italy. The shrine lies on the Via della Conciliazione, the main road of the Rione Borgo. Pope Alexander VI demolished an ancient Roman pyramid on the same site (the Meta Romuli, believed in the Middle Ages to be Romulus's tomb, and portrayed on the bronze doors to St Peter's Basilica and in a Giotto di Bondone triptych in the Vatican Museums) for the construction of the first church.
Santo Spirito in Sassia
Santo Spirito in Sassia is a 12th century basilica church in Rome. It has been erected in Borgo Santo Spirito, a street which got its name from the church, placed in the southern part of Rione Borgo. The church stands on the site of King Ine of Wessex's Schola Saxorum or Saxon School, a charitable institution for Saxon pilgrims. It was rebuilt in the 12th century. Subsequently it was restored several times.
Via della Conciliazione
Via della Conciliazione (Road of the Conciliation) is a street in the Rione of Borgo within Rome, Italy. Roughly 500 metres in length, it connects Saint Peter's Square to the Castel Sant'Angelo on the western bank of the Tiber River. The road was constructed between 1936 and 1950, and it is the primary access route to the Square.
Pope John Paul II assassination attempt
The first attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II took place on Wednesday, 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City. The Pope was shot and critically wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck four times, and suffered severe blood loss. Ağca was apprehended immediately, and later sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court. The Pope later forgave Ağca for the assassination attempt.
Palazzo Torlonia
Palazzo Torlonia (also known as the Palazzo Giraud, Giraud-Torlonia or Castellesi) is a 16th century Early Renaissance town house in Via della Conciliazione, Rome, Italy. Built for Cardinal Adriano Castellesi da Corneto from 1496, the architect was Andrea Bregno. , although others have attributed the design to Bramante.
Palace of the Holy Office
The Palace of the Holy Office is a building in Vatican City which houses the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Built in the 1920s, the palace is situated south of St Peter's Basilica near the Petriano Entrance to Vatican City. The building technically lies outside the confines of the Vatican at the South-Eastern corner of the city-state and is one of the properties of the Holy See in Italy regulated by the 1929 Lateran Treaty signed with the Kingdom of Italy.
Church of Santi Michele e Magno
The Church of Saints Michael and Magnus is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy, dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel and the Bishop Saint Magnus of Anagni. It lies in Rione Borgo, and is the national church dedicated to The Netherlands. It is also known as the "Church of the Frisians" (Dutch: Kerk van de Friezen). Since 1989 the church was granted to the Dutch community in Rome.
Patristic Institute Augustinianum
The Patristic Institute "Augustinianum" is a Roman Catholic Church institution of higher education in Rome. It is responsible for the study of patristic theology - the history and theology of Church Fathers.
Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri
The Church of Saint Anne in Vatican (Italian: Sant'Anna in Vaticano), known as Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri (English: Saint Anne of the Grooms), is a Roman Catholic parish church in Vatican City, dedicated to Saint Anne. The church is the parish church of the Vicariate of the Vatican City.
Palazzo Della Rovere
Palazzo Della Rovere is a palace in Rome, Italy, facing Via della Conciliazione. It is also known as Palazzo dei Penitenzieri. The construction of the palace was started in 1480 by cardinal Domenico della Rovere, a relative of Pope Sixtus IV, perhaps under the design of the Florentine architect Baccio Pontelli. The palazzo was built between 1480 and 1490; Pontelli modelled it closely on the architectural style of Palazzo Venezia, the most important building in 15th century Rome.
Saints Martin and Sebastian of the Swiss
The Church of Saints Martin and Sebastian of the Swiss (Italian: Santi Martino e Sebastiano degli Svizzeri) is a Roman Catholic oratory in the Vatican city. The church was built by Pope Pius V in 1568 to serve as private chapel for the Pontifical Swiss Guards, whose barracks are located next to Porta San Pellegrino, close to the Apostolic Palace. It is considered the national church of Switzerland in Rome.
San Pellegrino in Vaticano
The Church of San Pellegrino in Vaticano (English: Saint Peregrine in the Vatican) is an ancient Roman Catholic oratory in the Vatican City, located on the Via dei Pellegrini. The church is dedicated to Saint Peregrine of Auxerre, a Roman priest appointed by Pope Sixtus II who had suffered martyrdom in Gaul in the third century. It is one of the oldest churches in the Vatican City.
Palazzo Jacopo da Brescia
Palazzo Jacopo da Brescia was a Renaissance palace in Rome, Italy, which was located in the Borgo district. It was built for Jacopo (also known as Giacomo di Bartolomeo) da Brescia, a physician at the service of Pope Leo X, between 1515 and 1519. Its design is commonly attributed to Raphael, and was based to Bramante's nearby Palazzo Caprini (also demolished). The palace, which had a triangular footprint, stood at the confluence of Borgo Nuovo and Borgo S. Angelo.
Porta San Pellegrino
Porta San Pellegrino is a gate in the outer wall of Vatican City. It is located beside Bernini's Colonnade and the small Vatican post; it is also known as Porta Viridaria. The gate was rebuilt by Pope Alexander VI in 1492 and his arms are at the top of the gate. The gate is little used.