Buenos Aires gets own book tower
By Luis Andres Henao | China Daily | Updated: 2011-05-13 07:59
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Tower of Babel by artist Marta Minujin is seen in Buenos Aires on Tuesday. The 25-meter-high installation is made from 30,000 books, donated by readers, libraries and more than 50 embassies. Marcos Brindicci / Reuters |
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A spiraling tower made from thousands of books in dozens of languages is the latest landmark to dot the skyline of Buenos Aires, named the World Book Capital this year.
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