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Holy See
The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
are properties of the Holy See which are regulated by the 1929 Lateran Treaty signed with the Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
The Kingdom of Italy was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was its legal predecessor state...
. Although being part of Italian territory, all of them have an extraterritorial
Extraterritoriality
Extraterritoriality is the state of being exempt from the jurisdiction of local law, usually as the result of diplomatic negotiations. Extraterritoriality can also be applied to physical places, such as military bases of foreign countries, or offices of the United Nations...
status, similar to those of foreign embassies.
Outside Vatican City but inside Rome, Italy
- Basilica of St. John Lateran (Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano)
- Basilica of St. Mary MajorBasilica di Santa Maria MaggioreThe Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major , known also by other names, is the largest Roman Catholic Marian church in Rome, Italy.There are other churches in Rome dedicated to Mary, such as Santa Maria in Trastevere, Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, but the greater size of the...
(Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore) - Basilica of St. Paul outside the WallsBasilica of Saint Paul Outside the WallsThe Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls , commonly known as St Paul's Outside the Walls, is one of four churches that are the great ancient major basilicas or papal basilicas of Rome: the basilicas of St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major, and St. Peter's and Saint Paul Outside the Walls...
(Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura), including the monastery - Lateran PalaceLateran PalaceThe Lateran Palace , formally the Apostolic Palace of the Lateran , is an ancient palace of the Roman Empire and later the main Papal residence....
, UniversityPontifical Lateran UniversityThe Pontifical Lateran University is a university by pontifical right based in Rome, Italy. The university also hosts the central session of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family...
and adjoining buildings, - Palace of St Callixtus (Palazzo San CallistoPalazzo San CallistoThe Palazzo San Callisto is a small palace in Rome and one of the extraterritorial Properties of the Holy See. The Palazzo is located in the Piazza di San Callisto, one of the areas of the Holy See regulated by the 1929 Lateran Treaty signed with the Kingdom of Italy...
) - home of the Pontifical Council Cor UnumPontifical Council Cor UnumThe Pontifical Council Cor Unum for Human and Christian Development is a part of the Curia of the Catholic Church. It was established by Pope Paul VI on 15 July 1971 and is based in the Palazzo San Callisto, in Piazza San Callisto, Rome....
. - Certain Buildings on the Gianicolo Hill, namely the Pontifical Urbaniana UniversityPontifical Urbaniana UniversityThe Pontifical Urbaniana University or Pontifical Urban University is a pontifical university under the authority of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.-History:...
, the Pontifical North American CollegePontifical North American CollegeThe Pontifical North American College is a Roman Catholic educational institution in Rome, Italy educating seminarians for the dioceses in the United States and providing a residence for American priests studying in Rome. It was founded in 1859 by Blessed Pope Pius IX and was granted pontifical...
, and the Bambino Gesù HospitalBambino Gesù HospitalThe Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital is a children's hospital located in Rome, Italy.The Bambino Gesù Hospital accomplishes its institutional Christian testimony by providing public services in the healthcare field....
. - Palace of the Holy Apostles attached to the Basilica dei Santi Apostoli.
- Palace attached to the Church of San Carlo ai CatinariSan Carlo ai CatinariSan Carlo ai Catinari, also called Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari is an early-Baroque style church in Rome, Italy....
- Palazzo della Dataria near the Quirinal PalaceQuirinal PalaceThe Quirinal Palace is a historical building in Rome, Italy, the current official residence of the President of the Italian Republic. It is located on the Quirinal Hill, the tallest of the seven hills of Rome...
(not a property of the Holy See anymore; exchanged for Palazzo Pio) - Palazzo della CancelleriaPalazzo della CancelleriaThe Palazzo della Cancelleria is a Renaissance palace in Rome, Italy, situated between the present Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and the Campo de' Fiori, in the rione of Parione...
between the Corso Vittorio Emanuele and Campo de' FioriCampo de' FioriCampo de' Fiori is a rectangular square near Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy, on the border of rione Parione and rione Regola. Campo de' Fiori, translated literally from Italian, means "field of flowers"...
. - Palazzo di Propaganda FidePalazzo di Propaganda FideThe Palazzo di Propaganda Fide is a palace located in Rome, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, then Francesco Borromini...
(the Palace of the Congregation for the Evangelization of PeoplesCongregation for the Evangelization of PeoplesThe Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in Rome is the congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for missionary work and related activities...
) in the Piazza di Spagna. - Palace of the Holy OfficePalace of the Holy OfficeThe Palace of the Holy Office is a building in Vatican City which houses the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.Built in the 1920s, the palace is situated south of St Peter's Basilica near the Petriano Entrance to Vatican City....
- home of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the FaithCongregation for the Doctrine of the FaithThe Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , previously known as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition , and after 1904 called the Supreme...
in the Piazza del Sant'Uffizio and adjacent to the Basilica of St. Peter. - Palace of the Congregation for the Oriental ChurchesCongregation for the Oriental ChurchesThe Congregation for the Oriental Churches is the dicastery of the Roman Curia responsible for contact with the Eastern Catholic Churches for the sake of assisting their development, protecting their rights and also maintaining whole and entire in the one Catholic Church, alongside the liturgical,...
(formerly Palace of the Convertendi in Piazza Scossacavalli), in Via della ConciliazioneVia della ConciliazioneVia della Conciliazione is a street in the Rione of Borgo within Rome, Italy. Roughly 500 m in length, it connects Saint Peter's Square to the Castel Sant'Angelo on the western bank of the Tiber River. The road was constructed between 1936 and 1950, and it is the primary access route to the...
(rioneRioneRione is the name given to a ward in several Italian cities, the best-known of which is Rome. Unlike a quartiere, a rione is usually an official administrative subdivision...
of BorgoBorgo (rione of Rome)Borgo , is the 14th historic district of Rome, Italy. It lies on the west bank of the Tiber, and has a trapezoidal shape. Its coat of arms shows a lion , lying in front of three mounts and a star...
) - Palace of the Vicariato (also called Palazzo Mattei Mascerotti) in Via della Pigna off the Corso Vittorio Emanuele near the Piazza del Gesù
- Collegio Bellarmino in Via del Seminario near the Church of Sant'IgnazioSant'IgnazioThe Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola at Campus Martius is Roman Catholic titular church dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order, located in Rome, Italy...
. - Archaeological Institute, Pontifical Oriental InstitutePontifical Oriental InstituteThe Pontifical Oriental Institute is the premier center for the study of Eastern Christianity in Rome, Italy....
, Lombard College & the Russian CollegeCollegium RussicumThe Collegium Russicum is a Catholic college in Rome dedicated to studies of the culture and spirituality of Russia....
on Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore. - The two Palaces of Sant'Apollinare between the Piazza Sant'Apollinare & Via della Serola.
- The House of Retreat for the Clergy of Saints John & Paul, including the Nympheum of Nero, on the Caelian HillCaelian HillThe Caelian Hill is one of the famous Seven Hills of Rome. Under reign of Tullus Hostilius, the entire population of Alba Longa was forcibly resettled on the Caelian Hill...
. - Campo Santo Teutonico
- The larger part of Paul VI Audience HallPaul VI Audience HallThe Paul VI Audience Hall is a building in Rome, mostly in Italy but partially in Vatican City, but the Italian part of the building is an exterritorial area of the Holy See used by the Pope as an alternative to Saint Peter's Square for conducting his Wednesday morning General Audience...
(the rostrum with the papal throne, however, is part of Vatican territory)
Outside Rome
- Pontifical Palace, Villa BarberiniBarberiniThe Barberini are a family of the Italian nobility that rose to prominence in 17th century Rome. Their influence peaked with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini to the papal throne in 1623, as Pope Urban VIII...
and the Villa Cybo (plus adjacent gardens) in the town of Castel GandolfoCastel GandolfoCastel Gandolfo is a small Italian town or comune in Lazio that occupies a height overlooking Lake Albano about 15 miles south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills. It is best known as the summer residence of the Pope. It is an Italian town with the population of 8834...
(around 55 hectares or 135.9 acre). - Area of Santa Maria di Galeria, where the antennae of Radio Vaticana are located. The area was donated by ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
to the Holy See in the 1950s.
Each of those two areas is actually larger than Vatican City itself.
The Fundamental Accord, signed in 1993, grants sovereignty to the Holy See over various Christian holy sites in Israel, but the agreement was never finalized because of diplomatic problems between the Vatican and Israeli governments.
Ceded to the Holy See, but without extraterritorial status
- The Basilica of the Holy House (Santa Casa) at LoretoLoreto (AN)Loreto is a hilltown and comune of the Italian province of Ancona, in the Marche. It is mostly famous as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site.-Location:...
, Province of AnconaProvince of AnconaThe Province of Ancona is a province in the Marche region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Ancona. The province has an area of 1940 km² and a 2006 population of 465,906 in 49 comuni , see Comunes of the Province of Ancona....
. - The Basilica of St FrancisBasilica of San Francesco d'AssisiThe Papal Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor—commonly known as the Franciscan Order—in Assisi, Italy, the city where St. Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy...
at AssisiAssisi- Churches :* The Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi is a World Heritage Site. The Franciscan monastery, il Sacro Convento, and the lower and upper church of St Francis were begun immediately after his canonization in 1228, and completed in 1253...
, Province of PerugiaProvince of PerugiaThe Province of Perugia is the larger of the two provinces in the Umbria region of Italy, comprising two-thirds of both the area and population of the region. Its capital is the city of Perugia...
. - The Basilica of St AnthonyBasilica of Saint Anthony of PaduaThe Pontifical Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica in Padua, northern Italy. Although the Basilica is visited as a place of pilgrimage by people from all over the world, it is not the titular cathedral of the city, a title belonging to the...
at PaduaPaduaPadua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
, Province of PaduaProvince of PaduaThe Province of Padua is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Padua.-History and territory:...
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