Vatican City, Rome, The Papal States

Made By HonoriusIII Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano)Popes gradually came to have a secular role as governors of regions near Rome. They ruled the Papal States, which covered a large portion of the Italian peninsula, for more than a thousand years until the mid-19th century, when all the territory belonging to the papacy was seized by the newly created Kingdom of Italy.Vatican City is home to some of the most famous art in the world. St. Peter's Basilica