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States Within a State

  • April 15, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The country of Italy completely surrounds two independent states. Vatican City, which is inside Rome, is the capital of the Roman Catholic Church. The mountaintop Republic of San Marino dates to at least the Middle Ages and is known as the world’s oldest republic.

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