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The sites described in this section provide general information and links to metasites/portals of internet resources.
Columbia Encyclopedia:
Vatican (http://www.bartleby.com/65/va/Vatican.html)
Site provides information about the Vatican with a multitude of links to related subjects. In English.
Holt, Rinehart and
Winston: Vatican City (http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm%5Fhtm/vatican.htm)
This site provides a clear simple map of Vatican City and some basic information. In English.
Holy See (http://www.vatican.va/phome%5Fen.htm)
Official Vatican City website, with sections devoted to current news, the Vatican's secret archives, the Vatican Library, the saints, devotional questions. The site map provides an alphabetical list of links to several hundred other topics. In English and other languages.
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook: The Holy See (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vt.html)
General information and statistics about The Holy See, with the following subdivisions:
introduction, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation,
military, and transnational issues.
U.S. State Department--Background Notes (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. Click on country link.
Vatican City (Holy
See) (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108136.html)
Another site with basic information. In English.
World Flag Database: Vatican City (http://www.flags.net/VACY.htm)
This site provides images of the Vatican flag and the papal emblem. In English.
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