It's hard to say what you'll find most breathtaking about the eternal city - the arrogant opulence of the Vatican or the timelessness of the Forum.

在这座永恒之城，很难有什么是最激动人心的发现-梵蒂冈傲慢的富裕或者是古罗马广场的永恒。

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It is the second-smallest country in the world (after the Vatican City).

它仅次于梵蒂冈，是世界上面积第二小国。

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When what is represented is the Holy See, not Vatican City State, the keys are reversed.

看到的是代表的神圣，而不是梵蒂冈国家，钥匙是反着放的。

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The art form reached its height during the Renaissance, when micro-mosaics were created for St.Peter's Basilica in Vatican City because traditional altar paintings were decaying from humidity and other environmental factors.

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They will meet in the Sistine Chapel and be housed in a closely monitored residence inside the Vatican city, the Casa Santa Marta.

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But he spoke in Italian, the language cardinals most commonly use inside Vatican City and the native tongue of Italy's 28 voting-age cardinals, the most of any single nation.

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And at the end of a fine Sunday in Vatican City, the Roman Catholic church had its latest new saint, the 468th of John Paul II's papacy: Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, dead only in 1975 but founder some 70-plus years ago of Opus Dei, an order that has attracted more suspicion not only from anti-clericals than any but the Jesuits.

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