Did you know that Vatican is the name of the geographical location where it was built?
Looking at old maps of Rome, we can see that the Vatican was the marshy area, close to the right bank of the Tiber River.
In fact, it was not a State like it is today; and it was not a beautiful zone.
History tells us that the land was consolidated, and so the Vatican began to become as we know it today.
The Vatican was founded on 11 February 1929 with "The Lateran Agreements." This act made the Vatican into an independent State within the Italian State: the smallest State in the world!