Embassies & Consulates - 6 Answers
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? Thanks for the two points
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The Swiss and Vatican have a deal or something, the Swiss have always gaurded the Vatican and I guess tradition just kept it going.
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It's not just the Swiss who work in the Vatican, there are other nationalities but the Swiss Guard who act as bodyguards to the Pope are Swiss http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Guard
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The Swiss Guards have, for centuries, been the hired guards/soldiers of numerous European nations. The Swiss Guards have always been comprised of highly disciplined mercenaries and not solely from Switzerland or ever members of the Swiss military. Currently, there are only Swiss Guards at Vatican City. Incidentally, members of Switzerland's military serve in Switzerland and only in multi-national peace keeping missions when not serving in Switzerland but do not engage in armed conflicts. Switzerland requires 2 years mandatory military service for all males over the age of 19 in the Swiss Armed Services.
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Could you please rewrite the question in comprehensible English so we can answer it?
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It has a historical background. We Swiss were considered the best mercenaries back in the middle ages and eventually the time came when Pope Julius II. decided to hire Swiss mercenaries as his "bodyguards" and to guard the Apostolic Palace. Since then the Swiss Guard exists, now almost for 500 years. Earlier, in the Middle Ages, the Swiss sold themselves to fight in armies of european rulers. Switzerland was poor back then, and they could hardly do anything else. But somewhen in the last 200-300 years (I don't know exactly when) a law forbad to work as soldiers under foreign rulers. Only the Swiss Guard was an exeption, because in the viewpoint of law they are looked at as a "House Police".
