Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition: 1  manifestation(Noun) The act or process of becoming manifest. The last known manifestation of the ghost was over ten years ago. 2  manifestation(Noun) The embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing. This particular manifestation resembled a young girl crying.
On the left side of the street a modern wall now marks the official boundary between Italy and the Vatican grounds; it was built shortly after 1929, when the Vatican became independent. The gate you soon pass by, constantly looked over by Swiss Guards, is Porta Sant'Anna, [ map ref.
The name Vatican City was first used in the Lateran Treaty, signed on 11 February 1929, which established the modern city-state. The name is taken from Vatican Hill, the geographic location of the state. Vatican is likely to derive from the name of an Etruscan settlement, possibly called Vatica or Vaticum, located in the general area the Romans called vaticanus ager, Vatican territory.