Vatican Gate in Rome.

In the Middle Ages it was common for walls to be built around cities to protect the inhabitants from invaders (and sometimes from wild animals as well). Pope Leo IV built the first wall around the Vatican City in the 9th century as a reaction to the threat posed by Saracen pirates. The fortifications were strengthened in the 16th century – this time to protect the city-state’s growing wealth from the city of Rome, but also as an expression of papal power!

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