Vatican City has such an amazing history as exemplified by the city's basilicas, museums, and palaces that anyone who visits the place is dexterously transported back to the time when papacy had begun. To Catholics around the world, Vatican City does not only mean the papal residence, but more importantly, it is the seat of
Roman Catholicism.
It was Emperor Constantine who built Vatican's famous Basilica of St. Peter's in the 5th Century. Later, a papal palace was built near the St. Peter's under the papacy of Pope Symmachus. That was how it all started. But did you know that it was only after 1377 the the Popes started to reside in the city? Until the 14th Century, the
papal residence is located in Avignon, France at the Lateran Palace.
The Vatican is not only popular for its grandiose churches and basilicas. The Vatican is also home to the world's most important museums such as Museo Pio-Clementino, Chiaramonti Museum and the Braccio Nuovo. All these three museums contain only the greatest and most
expensive art collections. Toady, the Vatican plays a very important part in Catholicism. This is where important decisions are made that gravely affect not only religion, but also in the sphere of politics; science and medicine; and humanity as a whole.
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