🏛️ Vatican City

Holy See · Europe · Cultural · 41.90°N, 12.46°E

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Quick facts

Country	Holy See
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	41.90°N, 12.46°E · view on map

Vatican City is a cultural World Heritage site in Holy See, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Vatican City was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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