Dziko laling'ono kwambiri komanso lodziimira payekha ndilo Vatican (pang'ono kuposa San Marino ndi Monaco ). Mzindawu uli ndi anthu ochepa ndipo umakhala m'dera laling'ono.
Kukacheza ku Vatican, yomwe malo ake ali ochepa kwambiri, mudzadabwa ndi kukongola ndi ukulu wa ntchito za ambuye a zomangamanga ndi zojambulajambula.
Sistine Chapel ku Vatican
Chiphunzitso chimaonedwa kuti ndicho chokopa kwambiri cha dzikoli. Anakhazikitsidwa kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 15 motsogoleredwa ndi wamisiri George De Dolce. Woyambitsayo anali Papa Sixtus Wachinayi, amene pambuyo pake pamatchulidwe dzinali. Malinga ndi nthano, tchalitchichi chimamangidwa pa malo omwe kale anali masewera a Neron Circus, kumene mtumwi Petro anaphedwa. Katolikayo inamangidwanso kangapo. Ngakhale kuti kunja kukuwoneka kuti ndi kosayenera, zokongoletsera zamkati ndi zodabwitsa.
Kuchokera m'zaka za zana la 15 kufikira lero, m'madera a chapelino, pamakhala misonkhano ya makadinari achikatolika (Conclaves) ndi cholinga chosankha papa watsopano pambuyo pa imfa yake.
Vatican: St. Peter's Cathedral
Katolika ku Vatican ndi "mtima" wa boma.Mtumwi Petro anasankhidwa mtsogoleri wa akhristu atatha kupachikidwa kwa Khristu. Komabe, pa malamulo a Nero, anapachikidwa pamtanda. Izi zinachitika mu 64 AD. Kumeneko iye anaphedwa, Mzinda wa St. Peter's Cathedral unamangidwa, kumene zizindikiro zake zili pamtunda. Komanso pansi pa guwa la tchalitchi ndi manda oposa zana limodzi ndi matupi a Aroma onse.
Tchalitchichi chimakongoletsedwa mu chikhalidwe cha Baroque ndi Renaissance. Malo ake ali pafupi mahekitala 22 ndipo nthawi imodzi akhoza kukhala ndi anthu oposa 60 zikwi. Dome la Cathedral ndilokulu kwambiri ku Ulaya: ndilo mamita ake mamita 42.
Pakatikati mwa Katolika pali mkuwa wa St. Peter. Pali chizindikiro choti mungapange chokhumba ndikugwira phazi la Petro, ndiyeno zidzakwaniritsidwa.
Nyumba ya Atumwi ku Vatican
Papal Palace ku Vatican ndi malo ogwira ntchito a Papa. Kuphatikiza pa Pontifical Apartments, ili ndi laibulale, nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale za Vatican, mapemphero, nyumba za boma za Tchalitchi cha Roma Katolika.
Ku Vatican Palace, pali zithunzi za ojambula otchuka monga Raphael, Michelangelo ndi ena ambiri. Ntchito za Rafael ndizo zaluso zamakono mpaka lero.
Minda ya Vatican
Mbiri ya minda ya Vatican imayamba kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1300 panthawi ya ulamuliro wa Papa Nicholas III. Poyamba, zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba, komanso zitsamba zamankhwala, zinakula pa gawo lawo.
Pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1800, Papa Pius wachinayi anapereka lamulo loti kumpoto kwa minda iziperekedwe pansi pa paki yokongoletsera ndi kukongoletsedwa mu kalembedwe ka Renaissance.
Mu 1578 zomangamanga za Tower of the Winds zinayamba, kumene malo owona zakuthambo amapezeka tsopano.
Mu 1607, ambuye ochokera ku Netherlands anadza ku Vatican ndipo anayamba kupanga mafunde ambiri m'mphepete mwa akasupe. Madzi odzaza madziwa anachokera ku Nyanja ya Bracciano.
Kuchokera pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1800, Papa Climentius Eleventh amayamba kukula mitundu yosawerengeka ya zomera za m'mphepete mwa zomera. Mu 1888, Zoo ya Vatican inatsegulidwa kumunda wa munda.
Pakali pano, minda ya Vatican ili ndi mahekitala oposa 20, makamaka ku Vatican Hill. Maluwa ambiri omwe ali pamtundawu amalembedwa ndi Vatican Wall.
Ulendo wa minda ya Vatican sizitenga maola oposa awiri. Tikitiyi imadola madola 40.
Kwa zaka mazana ambiri Vatican wakhala malo okopa alendo chifukwa cha ntchito zabwino zomangamanga ndi luso la ambuye ochokera m'madera osiyanasiyana.