Introduced | 1995 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | Internet Office of the Holy See |
Sponsor | Holy See Secretariat of State |
Intended use | Entities connected with Vatican City |
Actual use | Used for the official Vatican / Holy See site |
Registration restrictions | No public registrations are available |
Structure | Only official sites of the Vatican are in this domain; they are at second-level names, as well as within vatican.va |
Dispute policies | None needed since registrations are unavailable outside Vatican administration |
Website | www.vatican.va |
.va is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the State of the Vatican City. It is administered by the Internet Office of the Holy See.
There are 23 easily found names starting with "www" in the va zone, listed below. There are many more subdomains for email only
"www" names with websites
Non-"www" names with websites:
Second-level domains are not available to the public.
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).