In one way or another, at any latitude, we all have at least one place in our heart, a place that acquires subjective importance by virtue of a personal memory or because of the significance it is given individually on an emotional level.

And yet there are intersections of coordinates which, because of characteristics that make them universally unique, are surrounded by an aura of exceptionality capable of endowing them with collective interest. An astonishing landscape, a building embodying the sense of an era, a city identified by a particular tradition and lifestyle, even more than by its monuments: there is no single criterion for identifying what is objectively a gift for all humanity.