.va

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.va
Emblem of the Papacy.svg
Introduced11 September 1995
TLD typeCountry code top-level domain
StatusActive
RegistryInternet Office of the Holy See
SponsorHoly See Secretariat of State
Intended useEntities connected with   Vatican City
Actual useUsed for the official Vatican / Holy See site
Registration restrictionsNo public registrations are available
StructureOnly official sites of the Vatican are in this domain; they are at second-level names, as well as within vatican.va
Dispute policiesNone needed since registrations are unavailable outside Vatican administration
Registry websitewww.vatican.va

.va is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the State of the Vatican City.[1] It is administered by the Internet Office of the Holy See.[2]

Background[edit]

The .va top-level domain was created in 1995[3] by the Archbishop John Patrick Foley of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.[4] The website Vatican.va went live on Christmas day of 1995.[5]

Description[edit]

Second-level domains are not available to the public.[citation needed]

Name and email servers within the .va namespace include john.vatican.va (DNS and email), michael.vatican.va (DNS), paul.vatican.va (email), lists.vatican.va (email), and vatiradio.va (email).[citation needed]

Websites[edit]

There are 23 easily found names starting with "www" in the va zone, listed below. There are many more subdomains for email only[6]

"www" names with websites

  • Vatican Main Website is pointed to by these names: www.va - www.vatican.va - www.pcf.va - www.news.va
  • Vatican State Government: www.vaticanstate.va
  • Landing page for the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano: www.osservatoreromano.va
  • Vatican Museums: www.museivaticani.va - www.cappellasistina.va - www.chapellesixtine.va - www.capillasixtina.va - www.sistinechapel.va - www.sixtinischekapelle.va
  • Apostolic Penitentiary: www.paenitentiaria.va www.penitenzieria.va
  • Pontifical Mission Societies: www.ppoomm.va
  • Parish Church of Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri in the Vatican: www.santanna.va
  • Istituto per le Opere di Religione: www.ior.va
  • Photo Ordering Site: www.photo.va
  • "Portale Catholica Di Test Accesso ai servizi intranet" - Java driven portal of sorts: www.catholica.va
  • Radio Vatican: www.radiovaticana.va

Non-"www" names with websites:

  • Main Vatican Website: benedettoxvi.va - benedictumxvi.va - search.vatican.va - seraphin.vatican.va
  • Vatican Archives: asv.vatican.va
  • Mailing Lists (Mailman): mlists.vatican.va
  • Vatican Museums: mv.vatican.va - sistinechapel.va
  • Vatican Library: bav.vatican.va
  • "Compendium" (Username/Password required): isidoro.vatican.va
  • Vatican Webmail (note: SSL issued by same CA as for www.photo.va with CN of "Luigi Salimbeni") (Username/Password required): webmail.mailservice.va
  • Radio Vatican language services (various two-letter language codes)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Delegation Record for .VA". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  2. ^ "The Vatican Internet Service". www.lasalette.org. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  3. ^ "Vatican opposes faith-based Web addresses". Religion News Service. 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  4. ^ "Cardinal John Patrick Foley dies at the age of 76". Catholic Philly. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  5. ^ "Pope John Paul II Brings the Vatican Online". dummies. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  6. ^ "VA Zone File". Robert Baskerville's ccTLD analysis data. 2007-12-28. Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
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