Venice: world's most beautiful bookshop bounces back after floods | Venice - Wanted In Milan
Famed Venetian bookshop requested donations of used books - not cash - and was overwhelmed by donors and volunteers by Wanted In Milan.
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The
Acqua Alta bookshop, considered by many as the most beautiful bookstore
in the world, is slowly returning to normality, five weeks after it was
devastated by floods caused by Venice's highest tide in more than half a century.
The
owners have credited its return to the overwhelming generosity of
volunteers and donors who rushed to help Libreria Acqua Alta in the dark
days after the mid-November floods...
It took three boats to remove the books destroyed in the floods which
also caused damage to the shop's furnishings and bookcases. Read more... Source:Wanted In Milan
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