Isimo esincane kunazo zonke futhi esizimele emhlabeni wonke iVatican (okungaphezu kukaSan Marino naseMonaco ). Idolobha linenani elincane labantu futhi lihlala endaweni encane.
Ukuvakashela i-Vatican, okukhangayo kwayo kuleyo ndawo encane, uzomangala ngobuhle nobukhulu bemisebenzi yamakhosi ezakhiwo nezakhiwo.
I-Sistine Chapel eVatican
I-chapel ibhekwa njengokukhanga okukhulu kwezwe. Yakhiwa ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-15 ngaphansi kokuqondiswa komdwebi uGeorge de Dolce. Umsunguli wayengumPapa uSixtus Fourth, ngemuva kwalokho okubizwa ngokuthi yi-chapel ngemuva kwalokho. Ngokomlando, i-cathedral yakhiwe endaweni yesiteleka sangaphambili se-Neron Circus, lapho umphostoli uPetru ebulawa khona. I-cathedral yakhiwa kabusha izikhathi eziningana. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi ingaphandle ibukeka i-imperceptible, umhlobiso wezangaphakathi okhangayo umangalisa nje.
Kusukela ekhulwini lama-15 kuze kube namuhla, ensimini yendlu yamasonto, kunemihlangano yamakhadini aseKatolika (Conclaves) ngenhloso yokukhetha upapa omusha ngemuva kokushona kwamanje.
I-Vatican: iSt. Peter's Cathedral
I-cathedral eVatican yiyona "inhliziyo" yombuso.Umphostoli uPetru wakhethwa inhloko yamaKristu emva kokubethelwa kukaKristu. Nokho, emyalweni kaNero, wabethelwe esiphambanweni. Lokhu kwenzeka ngo-64 AD. Endaweni yokubulawa kwakhe, iSt. Peter's Cathedral yakhiwa, lapho izintambo zakhe zikhona endaweni yomhlaba. Futhi phansi kwe-altare le-basilica kunamathuna angaphezu kwekhulu anezidumbu cishe cishe wonke amaPapa aseRoma.
I-cathedral ihlotshiswe ngesitayela seBaroque ne-Renaissance. Indawo yayo cishe ngamahektare angama-22 futhi angahlala nabantu abangaphezu kuka-60 000 ngesikhathi esisodwa. I-dome yeCathhedral yiyona enkulu kunazo zonke e-Yurophu: ububanzi bayo buyizingamamitha angu-42.
Maphakathi neKathedral kukhona isibalo seBetru uPeter. Kukhona uphawu lokuthi ungenza isifiso futhi uthinte unyawo lukaPetru, bese luzogcwaliseka.
I-Apostolic Palace eVatican
I-Papal Palace eVatican yindawo yokuhlala esemthethweni uPapa. Ngaphandle kwePontifical Apartments, kuhlanganisa umtapo wolwazi, iminyuziyamu yaseVatican, amasonto, izakhiwo zikahulumeni zeSonto LamaRoma Katolika.
Esigodlweni saseVatican, kunezithombe zabadwebi abadumile njengoRafael, Michelangelo nabanye abaningi. Imisebenzi kaRaffhael iyinhloko yobuciko bezwe kuze kube yilolu suku.
Izitidi zeVatican
Umlando wedidi laseVatican uqala ekupheleni kwekhulu le-13 ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaPapa uNicholas III. Okokuqala, izithelo nemifino, kanye namakhambi okwelapha, akhule endaweni yabo.
Maphakathi nekhulu le-16, uPapa uPius the Four wakhipha umyalo oyala ukuthi ingxenye engenyakatho yedizadi inikezwe ngaphansi kwepaki yokuhlobisa futhi ihlotshiswe ngesitayela se-Renaissance.
Ngo-1578 ukwakhiwa kombhoshongo we-Winds waqala, lapho okwamanje kutholakala khona i-observation astronomical.
Ngo-1607, amakhosi avela eNetherlands afika eVatican futhi aqala ukudala iminyango eminingi emithonjeni engadini. Amanzi okuwagcwalisa athathwa eLake Bracciano.
Kusukela maphakathi nekhulu le-17, uPapa Climentius Eleventh uqala ukukhula kwezinhlobo ezingavamile zezimila ezingaphansi komhlaba ezitshalweni. Ngo-1888, i-Vatican Zoo yavulwa ensimini yensimu.
Njengamanje, izingadi zaseVatican zithatha amahektha angaba ngu-20, ikakhulukazi eVatican Hill. Iningi lensimu ejikelezayo lifakwe ngodonga lwaseVatican.
Ukuvakashela izingadi zaseVatican ngeke kuthathe amahora angaphezu kwamahora amabili. Ithikithi ibiza amadola angu-40.
Sekuyiminyaka eminengi iVatican ibilokhu iyindawo yokuheha abavakashele ngenxa yokuthi imisebenzi emihle yokwakhiwa kwezakhiwo kanye nobuciko bezinkosi ezivela emazweni ahlukene ziqoqwe ensimini yayo.