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Vatican prevails the name from the Vatican hill on which it is located. Vaticina in Latin means "predictions"
In the ancient time on this hill there lived priests of Etruscans and predicted the future.
This place was considered as the sacred.
After a crucifixion of the apostle Peter and the statement of Christianity and after construction by the emperor Constantine the Great of a cathedral in honor of the apostle Peter, on this hill the Papal state was formed.
The pаpal state existed nearly one and a half thousand years, throughout this time it was exposed to changes territorial, political, economic.
In 1870 the papal state stopped the existence and all Rome except Vatican passed under control of Italy and became its capital.
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