Cultural Places in Vatican City from OpenStreetMap

Vatican City cultural and historic places exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via specific OSM keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on OSM `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyze tourism infrastructure density based on `tourism` and `amenity` tagged locations.
• Create a cultural inventory for urban planning based on categorized places of interest.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Covers multiple cultural categories including museums, galleries, theatres, and places of worship.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the source description.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:32:54.826207; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Holy See (Vatican City State)