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1、VaticanCity(HolySee--圣座)EmblemofVaticanCityFlagofHolySee(VaticanCity)MAPOFROMEGeographyTheVaticanCityStateissituatedontheVaticanhill,ontherightbankoftheTiberRiver,withinthecityofRome.Auniquecollectionofartisticandarchitecturalmasterpiecesliewithintheboundariesofthissmallst
2、ate.AtitscentreisStPeter’sBasilica,withitsdoublecolonnadeandacircularpiazzainfrontandborderedbypalacesandgardens.StPeter’sBasilicaMichelangelo:TheDomeofStPeter'sBasilicaMichelangeloconstructedtheimposingdomethatsitsatopSt.Peter'sBasilica.Thisdomeservedastheinspirationforth
3、edomeontheUnitedStatesCapitolBuildinginWashington,D.C.Thebasilica,erectedoverthetombofStPetertheApostle,isthelargestreligiousbuildingintheworld,thefruitofthecombinedgeniusofBramante(1444－1514),Raphael(1483-1520),Michelangelo(1475-1564),andBernini(1598-1680).PopeJuliusIIord
4、eringBramante,MichelangeloandRaphaeltoconstructtheVaticanandSt.Peter'sbyEmileJeanHoraceVernetBramanteTempiettoOneofBramante'sLoggias(verranda)intheCourtofSaintDamasusRaphaelTheThreeGracesMadonnadellGranducaTheEntombmentMichelangeloDavidTheCreationofAdamBerniniApolloandDaph
5、neDavidNileSaintLonginusPiazzaSanPietro,ViewfromBasilica,VaticanCityVaticanCityisthesmallestindependentstateintheworldintermsofinhabitantsandsize.Itoccupiesanareaof44hectares.GovernmentThepopehasfulllegal,executive,andjudicialpowers.Executivepowerovertheareaisinthehandsofa
6、commissionofcardinalsappointedbythepope.TheCollegeofCardinalsisthepope'schiefadvisorybody,anduponhisdeaththecardinalselecthissuccessorforlife.PopeBenedictXVI.Bornin1927inGermany.On19April2005,hewaselectedasthesuccessortoPopeJohnPaulII.Nationalname:StatodellaCittàdelVatican
7、oRuler:BenedictXVI(2005)Landarea:0.17sqmi(0.44sqkm)Population:824(July2008)Monetaryunit:EuroLanguages:Italian,Latin,French,variousotherlanguagesEthnicity:Italian,Swiss,othersReligion:RomanCatholic.Laborforce:dignitaries,priests,nuns,guards,and3,000layworkerswholiveoutsidet
8、heVatican.Budget:revenues:$310million expenditures:$307million(2006)HistoryTheVaticanCity
