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...	The SAFE PORT is coveted by boats at the mercy of the storm. It is refuge, protection, safety. It is a widespread place name on the coasts of all seas, from Normandy to Brazil. So in life, tossed about by circumstances, by mental gusts and emotional waves, we seek shelter.
...	The ANATOMICAL THEATER was the place used for practical anatomy lessons, consisting of a central table surrounded by steps arranged in a circular, elliptical or octagonal way, equipped with a railing, from which students could observe the teacher's demonstrations of dissections.
...	The PLEASANT SITE is an idealized, idyllic natural setting, shaded by friendly vegetation, delighted by young waters, home to native life or carefree pastoral entertainments, somewhat similar to paradise on earth.
...	The HAPPY ISLAND is a remote beach of mild serenity that can be reached, sometimes fortunately, through extraordinary sea voyages, recalled with nostalgia in the memory of sailors and dreamed of by those who, without ever leaving, have heard the story.
...	The FENCED GARDEN was typically annexed in medieval times to convents and monasteries to cultivate the "simple", medicinal plants: a protected, cared for, beneficial place of meditation and peace. Its central and symmetrical structure represented the cosmic order, evoking the Garden of Eden.
...	The BOTTOM OF THE WELL is the lowest point of a hole dug vertically into the depths of the earth. On the one hand it mercilessly recalls the most deplorable human condition of extreme decline, yet on the other, once it reaches the water table, it constitutes the vital reserve.
...	The FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH is a legendary spring, tirelessly sought since ancient times especially in Asia and the New World, in an illusion shared by both the humble and the powerful to rejuvenate themselves, thanks to its healing and miraculously regenerating waters.
...	The GATES OF HEAVEN, ideally located at the highest point of the earthly dimension, is the access to the infinity of the spiritual sphere. In the Christian tradition it is a symbolic attribute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, invoked in the litanies of Loreto.
...	The WALL CROWN takes up a Hellenistic symbolism assigned to the goddess Tyche, personification of the destiny of a city, and then to Cybele. It was taken up by the ancient Romans as a military honor and finally by modern civic heraldry as an ornament superimposed on the coats of arms of the Municipalities.
...	The ATRIUM OF THE GENTILES was a large public courtyard adjacent to the Temple of Jerusalem, accessible to all, including pagans: the "gentiles" and the "uncircumcised". It was - and still is symbolically - a place of mediation and dialogue between faith and secular culture.
...	The SEA OF HUMIDITIES is a geological formation on the surface of the Moon. These place names of seas, oceans, lakes, swamps and lunar gulfs were coined by the Jesuit astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598-1671), with the publication of the first lunar map in the Almagestum novum (1651).
...	The LABYRINTH OF THE NIGHT is a region on the surface of Mars, characterized by a disordered morphology and the presence of large fractures and canyons. It evokes a certain unease and has been adopted as the background for a famous wargame, the Warhammer 40k.