The Libreria Acqua Alta (The name means 'Book Store of High Water.) This Venice bookstore ( librairie; Buchhandlung) has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats. The self-proclaimed 'most beautiful bookstore in the world' is composed of a number of over-stuffed rooms stacked wall-to-wall with books; magazines; maps; and other ephemera. Due to Venice's constant flooding; however; these picturesque piles are all placed inside bathtubs; waterproof bins; and in one room a full-size gondola.Sestiere (district) of Castello. Venice (Venise; Venedig ). Italy. 2020.