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.
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Source: Wanted In Milan