The Vatican City, 440,000 sq meters, is the smallest state in the world. It is a core of treasures and beauties from all fields. This is a beautiful and direct book, enriched with magnificent images of St Peter’s Basilica, Apostolic Palaces, Museums and Vatican Gardens. A section is devoted to the unpublished images of the Quattrocentisti’s and Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel and those in Raffaello’s Stanze.