Vatican: how the city-state was founded in the 1920s

The Vatican, seat of the Catholic Church, was founded as a city-state in the 1920s.

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The Lateran Accords in 1929 formalized its existence after decades of negotiations.

This creation ended a historic conflict between Italy and the papacy.

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