Despite covering less than half a square kilometre, Vatican City serves as the spiritual centre of the Roman Catholic Church and is visited by millions of people each year.
For comparison, New York City’s Central Park spans about 3.4 km² (1.3 sq mi), making it nearly seven times larger than the world’s smallest sovereign state.
HumanBeing7396 on
This would be even better if it was rotated slightly and lined up with the pond.
shieldwolfchz on
Seeing this got me to thinking what is the biggest urban park so I looked it up. Google listed Chugach STATE Park as the largest despite the fact that it is magnitudes larger than the city (Anchorage), only borders the city and is administered by the state. IMO, for a park to be urban it should be within the city, mostly surrounded by urbanization.
mariusbleek on
So tiny.
Here’s an idea – overlay the Vatican on top of Rome. Then we could REALLY get a sense of scale
Thorstenflink on
It would be more interesting if it was an actual country, you know a place with a birthrate like San Marino or Andorra.
chameleonsEverywhere on
I’ll always recognize the outline of the Vatican city. When I studied abroad in Rome, my daily walk to class took me around that pointy corner on the bottom left. Cars LOVE to whiz around that corner and the sidewalk is about a foot wide. There’s bubble mirrors to help you see around the corner but I never felt safe on that bit of the walk.
vaiplantarbatata on
I have walked around the Vatican when I visited Rome. It’s just immense walls, really tall walls, not charming at all, you have to be inside to enjoy any beauty.
EightGlow on
Can we get a banana for scale, please
Robcobes on
the **Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta** is the smallest country in the world. it holds no land.
thetoerubber on
where’s the banana for scale 🍌
FormerCollegeDJ on
Vatican City moving to Central Park confirmed.
We’ll even let Pope Leo take either the D or 4 train to head up to the Bronx when the White Sox play at Yankee Stadium.
AOspranc on
Unpopular opinion…Vatican should not be a real country…but shit n***a politics 🤷🏾♂️
Yugan-Dali on
We need bananas to know how big it is.
DaiFunka8 on
Is central park that big?
raist131 on
The Parking lot lf the Walnart in Calais, Maine is larger than the Vatican City for fucks sake
Kukis13 on
Sealand is much smaller than Vatican
Least_Tax1299 on
The i45/beltway interchange south of Houston is bigger than the Vatican Cit.
atbing24 on
I circumnavigated the Vatican for fun to see how small it is, and it is.
MachVel369 on
Somehow an unpopular opinion but: Vatican city should not be classified as a country it is completely ridiculous it is.
HeemeyerDidNoWrong on
The Pope should bulldoze the park and build Vatican II, because fuck the Yankees.
MosaicLantern_46 on
That is so much smaller than I pictured it being. I thought it would take up way more of the park.
Skrim on
And yet they exert more power than the whole of the USA! Whooopedemaguffin!
ZobGraffiti on
Smaller but bigger….
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Despite covering less than half a square kilometre, Vatican City serves as the spiritual centre of the Roman Catholic Church and is visited by millions of people each year.
For comparison, New York City’s Central Park spans about 3.4 km² (1.3 sq mi), making it nearly seven times larger than the world’s smallest sovereign state.
This would be even better if it was rotated slightly and lined up with the pond.
Seeing this got me to thinking what is the biggest urban park so I looked it up. Google listed Chugach STATE Park as the largest despite the fact that it is magnitudes larger than the city (Anchorage), only borders the city and is administered by the state. IMO, for a park to be urban it should be within the city, mostly surrounded by urbanization.
So tiny.
Here’s an idea – overlay the Vatican on top of Rome. Then we could REALLY get a sense of scale
It would be more interesting if it was an actual country, you know a place with a birthrate like San Marino or Andorra.
I’ll always recognize the outline of the Vatican city. When I studied abroad in Rome, my daily walk to class took me around that pointy corner on the bottom left. Cars LOVE to whiz around that corner and the sidewalk is about a foot wide. There’s bubble mirrors to help you see around the corner but I never felt safe on that bit of the walk.
I have walked around the Vatican when I visited Rome. It’s just immense walls, really tall walls, not charming at all, you have to be inside to enjoy any beauty.
Can we get a banana for scale, please
the **Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta** is the smallest country in the world. it holds no land.
where’s the banana for scale 🍌
Vatican City moving to Central Park confirmed.
We’ll even let Pope Leo take either the D or 4 train to head up to the Bronx when the White Sox play at Yankee Stadium.
Unpopular opinion…Vatican should not be a real country…but shit n***a politics 🤷🏾♂️
We need bananas to know how big it is.
Is central park that big?
The Parking lot lf the Walnart in Calais, Maine is larger than the Vatican City for fucks sake
Sealand is much smaller than Vatican
The i45/beltway interchange south of Houston is bigger than the Vatican Cit.
I circumnavigated the Vatican for fun to see how small it is, and it is.
Somehow an unpopular opinion but: Vatican city should not be classified as a country it is completely ridiculous it is.
The Pope should bulldoze the park and build Vatican II, because fuck the Yankees.
That is so much smaller than I pictured it being. I thought it would take up way more of the park.
And yet they exert more power than the whole of the USA! Whooopedemaguffin!
Smaller but bigger….