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Additional Reading
Thomas J. Reese, Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church (1996), covers the Vatican as a city-state and as the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. Bart McDowell and James L. Stanfield, Inside the Vatican (1991), published by the National Geographic Society, gives a photographic tour of the Vatican. The art of the Vatican is presented in George L. Hersey, High Renaissance Art in St. Peter’s and the Vatican (1993), on the art commissioned by the popes in the first half of the 16th century; Carlo Pietrangeli, The Vatican Museums: Five Centuries of History (1993; originally published in Italian, 1985), focusing on the sculpture collection; Lucio Gambi and Antonio Pinelli (eds.), The Gallery of Maps in the Vatican, 3 vol. (1994), in Italian and English, with extensive illustrations; and Carlo Pietrangeli (ed.), Paintings in the Vatican, trans. by Frank Dabell (1996; originally published in Italian, 1996), essays written by the directors of Vatican museum collections. Well-illustrated works on the newly restored Sistine Chapel include Pierluigi De Vecchi and Gianluigi Colalucci, Michelangelo: The Vatican Frescoes (1996), an overview of the restoration; Carlo Pietrangeli et al., The Sistine Chapel: A Glorious Restoration, trans. from Italian (1994); and Loren Partridge, Fabrizio Mancinelli, and Gianluigi Colalucci, Michelangelo—The Last Judgment: A Glorious Restoration (1997).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: CIA - The World Factbook - Holy See (Vatican City). | Sep 27, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-reference to list of smallest countries by area. | Jun 13, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and population updated. | Mar 11, 2025 | ||
| Link added. | Apr 28, 2023 | ||
| Population added. | Sep 13, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Vatican. | Aug 24, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 12, 2021 | ||
| Deleted video. | Dec 18, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Interesting Facts for Kids - Interesting Vatican City Facts. | Jan 20, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Vatican City State. | Jan 03, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 24, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Vatican City. | Dec 12, 2016 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Sep 04, 2015 | ||
| Added video. | Dec 10, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Vatican City. | Jan 27, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of the Vatican City State. | Jan 27, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maps of World - Vatican City. | Jan 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - The World Factbook - Holy See (Vatican City). | Dec 20, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Vatican City. | Dec 20, 2012 | ||
| Country Profile: Area and population updated. | Aug 03, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Vatican City, Italy. | Jul 28, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Vatican City, Rome. | Jul 28, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Vatican City, Rome. | Jul 28, 2011 | ||
| National anthem added. | Dec 21, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - Travel and Cultures - Vatican City. | Apr 17, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Vatican City. | Jul 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Holy See. | Jul 09, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Vatican. | May 09, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of Vatican, Europe. | Aug 01, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 14, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: CIA - The World Factbook - Holy See (Vatican City). | Jul 25, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Official Site of the Holy See - The Vatican City. | Jun 20, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Official Site of the Holy See - The Vatican City. | Jun 20, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 07, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Mar 04, 1999 |
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