A copper-roofed cathedral town that changed hands eighteen times. The editors’ note placed it here on the basis of three criteria: durability across re-reads (or re-watches, or re-plays), influence on the entries that came after it, and the degree to which it could only have been made by the person — or team — who made it.

In the comparative table maintained by the Places desk, Verdigris sits within a band of 2 – 8 that contains some of the most contested swaps of the year. Editors vote with arguments; a swap requires three editors and one written defense.

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