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10 interesting facts about the Vatican
1. Although the Vatican is considered the state-enclave (the state in another state), in fact, he - just the location of the throne of the Pope (the Holy See), the papal court and its staff. Vatican status in international law - the auxiliary sovereign territory of the Holy See.
2. The diplomats accredited to the Vatican, located in the Italian capital Rome, as in the Vatican too little space to accommodate them. Because of this, the Italian diplomatic mission in the Vatican is actually located in Italy.
3. The total length of the state border of the Vatican, passing only in Italy, is only 3, 2 km.
4. Vatican - absolute theocratic monarchy, controlled by the Holy See. Sovereign of the Holy See, which are concentrated in the hands of the absolute legislative, executive and judicial power is the pope, the cardinals to elect for life.
5. Since Vatican produces nothing and does not sell, the main source of income - it is the donations of Catholics and tourism. The Vatican has a planned economy, the government has fully control of the state budget, which amounts to 310 million US dollars.
6. The Vatican has as many as 4 types of armed forces: the Noble Guard, Palatine (palace) Guard, the gendarmerie and the Papal Swiss Guard, the latter subject only to the Holy See.
7. Citizenship Vatican does not exist, so the locals are the subjects of the Holy See and have a passport. This passport has diplomatic status of the Holy See and its relation to the inhabitants of the Holy See (Vatican). The entire population of the Vatican is a minister of the Catholic Church.
8. The Vatican no airports. There is a helipad and 852-meter railway connecting the railway station at the Cathedral of St. Peter with the main Italian network. There is also no TV and a private operator. The only bank in the Vatican called the "Institute for the Works of Religion».
9. The crime rate in the Vatican is incredibly high. For every inhabitant of the country accounts for at least one crime committed on the territory of the Vatican, a year. In 2003 and it was these statistics looked like this: 87, 2% of the population make annual torts and crimes - 133, 6%. In fact, these crimes are committed by tourists and hired personnel working in the Vatican, but lives in Italy.
10. The Vatican is virtually no marriage and no children. In the history of the Vatican's number of marriages that took place on its territory - about 150.
According to the materials: ru.wikipedia.org
via factroom.ru
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