A full-length gondola, packed with, yes, books. The moment you step into the Libreria Acqua Alta in Venice, Italy, this is what you find: books packed tightly together, in vertical formation and ...

Libreria Acqua Alta bookshop in Venice stacks his books in boats to protect them from getting ruined during high tide. Books are piled on boats, bathtubs, and whatever can float. There is a giant ...

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Ask about the acqua alta and Venice sinking, and he says, "So go get boots." Let them wear boots. Boots are fine for water, but useless against the flood that causes more hand-wringing than any ...

Tuesday's “acqua alta,” or high waters ... Salvini was due to drop by for the same on Friday. Many, including Venice's mayor, have blamed the disaster on global warming and warned that ...

Venice, December 24 - Venice was hit by 'acqua alta' or high water flooding of 139cm on Tuesday. Some 50% of the ground in the lagoon city was under water. A potentially critical acqua alta of 150 ...

Venice empties out in fall after the summertime ... but you'll also experience occasional flooding (especially in December) thanks to acqua alta and early closures at some of the city's top ...