From Reuters:
Looking at the shallow, muddy waters of the River Arno as it flows through Florence, it is hard to believe that it ravaged the city in 1966, inflicting inestimable damage on its buildings and art.
And nearly 40 years on, the ancient city has not healed all its wounds, as a small group of restorers still fights the damage every day, working through a mountain of 35,500 precious books dating back to the 17th century, wrecked by the flood . . .
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