英文介绍梵蒂冈

英文介绍梵蒂冈？

The Vatican City State， or Vatican for short， is an inland city-state in the highlands of the northwest corner of Rome， the capital of Italy. It is also the smallest country in the world with the smallest territory and the smallest population. Its territory area is only 0.44 square kilometers.

梵蒂冈城国简称“梵蒂冈”，位于意大利首都罗马西北角高地的一个内陆城邦国家。也是全球领土面积最小、人口最少的国家，其国土面积只有0.44平方公里。

Because it is bordered by Italy on all sides， it is called "China". It is the center of Catholicism all over the world， the seat of the Holy See headed by the Pope， and the faith center of one sixth of the world"s population.

由于四面都与意大利接壤，故称“国中国”。是全世界天主教的中心——以教皇为首的教廷的所在地，也是世界六分之一人口的信仰中心。

The Vatican means "City of the Prophets". After the unification of Italy in 1870， the Pope was forced to retire to the Vatican Palace. In 1929， Italy signed the Lateran Treaty with the Pope， recognizing the Vatican as a sovereign state of unity of church and state. The Vatican is a neutral country whose territory is sacred and inviolable.

梵蒂冈意为“先知之城”。1870年意大利统一后，教皇被迫退居梵蒂冈宫。1929年意大利同教皇签订《拉特兰条约》，承认梵蒂冈为政教合一的主权国家。梵蒂冈为中立国，其国土神圣不可侵犯。