Dear Members,
i want to do some observations about the voice
Italy-Vatican City in the Enc. of Int. Boundaries (p.
326):
A) The lenght of the boundary between Italy and
Vatican City is a little longer: 3.7 km.
B) The boundary, according to the map in the Lateran
treaty, begin from the north-east corner of the St.
Peters Square running parallel of it, 3 meters far,
until the Passetto (the old wall of pope Leone IV
linking the Castle of Sant'Angelo and the Papal
Palace). From here toward north the boundary dosen't
run along the eastern wall of the Belvedere Palace,
but along a wall built in order to close this zone
between the Belvedere Palace and Via di Porta
Angelica.
C) The southern part of the boundary dosen't reach the
south-east corner of St. Peters Basilica. Instead, the
line runs along the southern wall until a point far
100 meters from the old Porta Cavalleggeri. From this
point the border line, according to the Lateran
Treaty, ran northward following old buildings and the
Teutonic Cemetery, both the western side and the north
one. This zone was named Sant'Uffizio zone. The
boundary follows, then, the Braccio of Carlo Magno
towards the St. Peters Square.
D) According to a vatican decree dated 1932, the
border in the Sant'Uffizio zone is different, more
rectilinear. After the building of the Papal Hall a
vatican map describes still another boundary line. As
i know, Italy dosen't reconize these "changings".
E) The existence of the Papal State wasn't formally
abolished (debellatio) on 31 November 1871, but on 9
October 1870 with a popular plebiscite according to a
royal decree.
F) The Lateran Treaty didn't reestablished the Papal
State, but created a new entity, the State of Vatican
City, according to the above mentioned observation.
Italy didn't pay a money sum for the loss of its
territories (it would be a contradiction), but for the
period between years 1870 and 1929 in which the pope
didn't receive the annual payments according to the
Guarentigie Law.
Regards,
Tullio Aebischer
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