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[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Is that your new word of the week?

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Mussolini established the Vatican as a country.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Patti Lateranensi are bad enough that you don't need to spread misinformation about them.

The Vatican "state" has existed since the middle ages, and for a period of time was quite big

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The Papal states, which was the middle ages version of Vatican City, didn't exist for a period of almost 60 years, when modern Vatican City was first recognized as a nation, in the Lateran treaty.

At some level, it's a question of whether you view Vatican City as a new successor state, or a continuation of the former Papal states. The treaty framed it as a new state, which is at least an interesting historical fact.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Yup. At one point the Vatican was most of Italy. I don't think Mussolini was around then, or he was very old during the war.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"ill just forget about hundreds of years of history"

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I didn't. It wasn't a modern state until Mussolini. Jfc read a boom.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

I don't read booms. It's a bad habit and causes cancer.