Editing Geography of Vatican City (section)

==Terrain==
[[File:Vatican Gardens.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|A view of the [[Gardens of Vatican City]]]]
[[File:VaticanCity2021OSM.png|thumb|Enlargeable, detailed map of Vatican City]]
Vatican City sits on a low hill. The hill has been called the [[Vatican Hill]] (in Latin, {{Lang|la|Mons Vaticanus}}) since long before [[Christianity]] existed. An [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] settlement, possibly called ''Vatica'' or ''Vaticum'', may have existed in the area generally known by the [[ancient Rome|ancient Romans]] as "Vatican territory" ''(vaticanus ager''), but if so no archaeological trace of it has been discovered.<ref>Lawrence Richardson, ''A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome'' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992), p. 405.</ref>

=== Extreme points ===
This is a list of the [[Extreme points of Earth|extreme points]] of Vatican City: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location, as well as the highest and lowest points.

* North: at the intersection of the ''Viale Vaticano'' and the ''Via Leone IV'' ({{coord|41|54|26.74|N|12|27|19.46|E|type:landmark_region:VA|name=Viale Vaticano x Via Leone IV (north)}})
* South: at the intersection of the ''Via della Stazione Vaticana'' and the ''Via di Porta Cavalleggeri'' ({{coord|41|54|00.78|N|12|27|16.14|E|type:landmark_region:VA|name=Via della Stazione Vaticana x Via di Porta Cavalleggeri (south)}})
* West: at the intersection of the ''Viale Vaticano'' and the ''Via Aurelia'' ({{coord|41|54|07.08|N|12|26|44.62|E|type:landmark_region:VA|name=Viale Vaticano x Via Aurelia (west)}})
* East: easternmost edge of [[Saint Peter's Square]] ({{coord|41|54|08.16|N|12|27|30.01|E|type:landmark_region:VA|name=Saint Peter's Square (east)}})

The lowest point in Vatican City is an unnamed location at {{convert|19|m|ft}}. The highest point is another unnamed location at {{convert|76|m|ft}}. The tallest building is [[St. Peter's Basilica]], at {{convert|138|m|ft|abbr=off}}.