KnowraVatican CityLinked fromLinked fromThe 26 pages that link to Vatican City, each with the reason it gives.All 26Broader topic 9Related 5Narrower topic 4Compared with 8Roman Catholic ChurchCompared with: It is often confused with the church itself, but is a separate state.Roman CuriaCompared with: The Curia operates largely in Vatican City, but is not the city-state’s government as a whole.Holy SeeCompared with: It is a territorial state distinct from the Holy See, despite their close institutional connection.Capture of RomeCompared with: Its later sovereignty replaced the extensive temporal rule lost in 1870.San MarinoCompared with: Like San Marino, it is a sovereign enclave surrounded by Italy, but it is governed as an ecclesiastical state.Archbasilica of Saint John LateranCompared with: The Lateran lies outside Vatican City, despite its close connection to papal authority.Sovereign Military Order of MaltaCompared with: Unlike Vatican City, the Order has no sovereign territory of its own.Medieval RomeCompared with: Its later political separation contrasts with the medieval papacy’s direct rule over Rome.