Weatherday: Stato della Città del Vaticano

Group arriving for Cruinniu Chriost (2008).

Some cloud and sunny spells this morning. More cloud moving in through the afternoon and rain in the evening.

Temperatures up to 16deg in light winds from the south, becoming variable.

On this day in 1929, the Vatican City in Rome became an independent state, with the implementation of the Lateran Treaty. The number of citizens is estimated at something upwards of 450, of whom just about 30 are women.

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