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Vatican City

Currency The Vatican uses euro as thier Offical Currency. They use they have used euro since January 1st 1999 after a meeting with represenatatives from eroupe that use euro as thier currency. Before 1999 vatican city use lira as thier currency. One euro is worth about 1.50 in American money.



How to get a passport You can get a passport by going to your local post office. You have to fill out all of the information in the paperwork. Then they will take your picture. Then after waiting a couple weeks you will get your passpot in the mail.

Transportation If you lived in Vatican City and you didn't want to leave the city then you would most likely be able to walk there because Vatican city is only one Sqaure mile. If you wanted to go to out of the county then you could use take the metro or a taxi. If you have a car then you can take that but if you don't they have a good transportation system. You could even pay for a horse drawn carrige.

Industry Some of the main Industries in Vatican City are minting coins and medals. Creating postage stamps is also an important Industry. They also make church uniforms. A big industy is worldwide banking.

Things you can find in Vatican City but not in America 1. The pope 2. The Sisten Chapel 3. Euro's 4. The Papal Garden 5. St. Peter's Square 6. The Vatican Museum 7. St. Peter's Basilica

Things you can find in America but not Vatican city 1. Barack Obama 2. 1,000 people 3. 2 square Miles 4. National Debt 5. Pro Baseball Teams 6. Mcdonalds 7. Buildings over 500ft. 8. Natural rivers 9. The White house

Food Some of the most commonly enjoyed food in Vatican City is Italian food such as Pizza, Pasta, or Rice. When in Vatican City you might also enjoy Greek food such as Seafood. In Vatican City they don't really have any of their own food so they eat food from Countrys that are close to them.

Language In Vatican City they speak Italian. Latin is also the other offical language but italian is more common. Here are some useful phrases.

1.Where is the bathroom?  Dov'è il bagno /  2.What time is it?  Che ora è ?  3.Where is Vatican City?  Dove si trova Città del Vaticano ?  4.Do you know any good restauraunts?  Conosci qualche buon ristorante ?  5.Thank you. Grazie.  6.Hello. Ciao.  7.no. no.  <span class="short_text">8.I don't speak Italian. lo non parlo italiano. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text">9.Do you speak english? Leiarla inglese? <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text">10.Look it's the pope! Guarda che è il Papa!

<span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> Clothes <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> In Vatican City you should dress nicely because it is a very important religous place. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> You should also dress nicely out of respect for the pope. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> It is a lot like going to church. If you wear a polo shirt then you would be dressing appropriately. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> Tradtionally the pope will wear a white garment that you can see above.

<span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> Things that you will need to live here <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> 1. Passport (if you want to leave Italy) 2. Euro's 3. A Public Bus Pass <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> 4. Shelter 5. Job( possibly as a nun, guard, pope, ect.) <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> 6. Somewhere that you would live (there aren't that many houses,   <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> so you might either live in the park or in Italy). <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> 7. Italian Dictionary(if you don't speak Italian). <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text">

<span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> School system <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> Out of the app. 850 people the few children go to school in Rome. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> However there is a boarding school in Vatican City, <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> for children that want to become altar servers. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> Other than this boarding school there are no other schools in Vatican City. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> There is one College in the Park that you can attend after High school.



<span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> Where to Live. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> There aren't that many places to live in Vatican City. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> After checking all the buildings through Google Earth I couldn't find anything. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> Then I googled it and got nothing again. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> I do know that the Pope and his nuns and guards live there but other than that, <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> I don't see any way that you can have real shelter. You could live in the park but the guards might kick you out.



<span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> 5 Awesome destinations in Vatican City <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> 1. Saint Peter's Basilica. This is a must see partially because you can't go to Vatican City without seeing it. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> If you climb to the top you will have a great view of vatican City and rome. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> 2. The sisten Chapel. Most people have heard of the sisten chapel but don't really know what it is. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> It's One of the most famous buildings of art because Michelangelo Painted a huge room. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> 3. The Papal Garden. This park takes up about half of Vatican City. If you take a walk through the park you will walk, <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> past a number of musems and sculpters that took years to create. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> 4. Saint Peter's Square. This is probably the best view of Saint Peter's Basilica that you can get. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> Also if the Pope comes out on his famous balcony then you will have a great view of him. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> 5. Vatican City's external wall. This 39ft wall stretches around almost all of Vatican City. <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> If you want the best view you should go to the wall in the East of the country, <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> because you will also get to see the guard tower and the inner wall.

<span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> Flag <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> This is the flag of Vatican City. They do have their own flag and don't share Italy's.   <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> The flag has two stripes one is yellow the other is white and <span class="short_text"> <span class="short_text"> the insignia of the papacy is on the white stripe.

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