<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > about the Vatican, how many do you know? </h1>
1. The Vatican is the smallest country in the world, with an area of 0.44 square kilometers and a permanent population of about 800 people.
2. The yellow and white colors in the flag of the Vatican are the colors of the two keys of Peter, one of the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ, representing the two most precious metals: gold and silver. In the white flag field on the right, the imperial emblem of Pope Paul VI is painted, which is a symbol of supremacy.
3. The Vatican is the only country in the world that has Latin as one of its official languages. Therefore, dead languages are not dead.
4. There is a government unit under the Vatican, the Ministry of Astronomy. The division has one of the world's largest telescopes, the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope in Arizona, USA. (What are you looking for in the universe?) ）
5. The only ATM in the world with a Latin interface is in the Vatican.
6. The Vatican is small but has its own army, the Swiss Guard, and the Vatican Gendarmerie. The uniforms of the Swiss Guards look like they haven't changed since the Renaissance.
7. The Vatican is the only UNESCO World Heritage Country.
8. The Vatican has its own football team: the Vatican National Football Team
9. The Vatican's railway network, with only two 300-meter-long tracks and one station, is the shortest railway in the world.
10. Vatican residents consume an average of 54.26 litres of wine per year, making it the highest per capita wine consumption in the world.
11. The Vatican is the only European country that has not established diplomatic relations with China.
12. Did you know that there are only two countries in the world that do not have laws on divorce? One is the Philippines and the other is the Vatican.
13. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is the largest Catholic church in the world. It took 120 years to complete the church and is the holiest site of the Catholic Church.
14. The Book of Genesis is a painting by Michelangelo in the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican with 9 consecutive religious themes, with a total of 343 figures, unprecedented.
15. The Last Judgment, another giant painting by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel Hall, lasted more than nine years and was a transitional period from the most prosperous to the decline of the Renaissance.
16. The Vatican has one of the highest crime rates in the world. However, this small country has no prisons, only one judge. As a result, the criminals had to be escorted to neighbouring Italy.
17. John Paul II was the only non-Italian pope since the sixteenth century. He is also the most traveled pope, having visited about 130 countries so far.
18. Citizenship can only be obtained if you work in the Vatican. When they stop working, they will lose their citizenship.
19. The Vatican issues only official and diplomatic passports
20. If any Vatican citizen renounces his Or her Vatican citizenship and does not have the nationality of another Country, he will automatically acquire the status of Italian citizen.
Text: Omid
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