Status Civitatis Vaticanæ

 His Holiness Benedict XVI, Head of State of the Vatican. Top right: the Pope's Coat of Arms.

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 »Picture of His Holiness on the day of accession to the See of Peter «

ROME View from the cupola of St. Peter's Cathedral towards the Via della Conciliazione and the Tiber river.  » I visited Rome and the Vatican State in September 1996. «

Flag and map of the Vatican State.

Background music: Inno e Marcia Pontificale (Hymn and Pontifical March of the Holy See / Vatican State).