# Canonical recap data for Concordat Between Vatican and Italy (1929)
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slug: lateran-treaty
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1929/lateran-treaty"
title: Concordat Between Vatican and Italy
subtitle: The Lateran Treaty resolved the Roman Question and established Vatican City as an independent state, a pivotal political settlement of the interwar period.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1929-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1929
decade: 1920
country:
name: Vatican City
slug: vatican-city
summaryShort: Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland a
summaryLong: Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino. It is the tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi), and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with nearly 59 million inhabitants. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome; other major cities include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, Bari, and Venice.
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heroImageCredit: "In album: Cartes-de-visite portraits of U.S. Army officers, children, and others, p. 15, right. · via Wikipedia"
importance: 71
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy"
  title: Italy
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with th
wikidataQid: Q38
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  capturedAt: 2026-07-04
  label: Italy
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy"
