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. It is administered by the Vatican Internet Service. __TOC__

Background

The .va top-level domain was created in 1995 by Archbishop John Patrick Foley of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. The websit
vatican.va
went live on Christmas day 1995.

Websites

There are 86 domain names starting with "www" in the .va zone, with many more email-only subdomains.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Va Internet properties established in 1995 Communications in Vatican City Dicastery for Communication Country code top-level domains Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members

Background

Websites

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