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Major Cities. Vatican City is a city-state. Geography. Vatican City is situated within the territory of Italy, and is completely landlocked. Set alongside the Italian capital, Rome, Vatican City is set upon Vatican Hill, though its elevation ranges from 19.2 meters (63 feet) and 76.2 meters (250 feet).
The Vatican City | History of the Vatican | Vatican Museums | Rome Travels. 1. The term Vatican was used in ancient times to identify the swampy area on the right bank of the Tiber River. In the Roman period, at the time of both the Monarchy (753 - 509 B.C.) and the Republican Age (509 - 27 B.C.), the area was known as Ager Vaticanus.