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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Justin Spike

Paper-eating beetles threaten 100,000 books at country’s oldest library

Damage to a book at Pannonhalma Archabbey - (AP)

Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being urgently removed from a medieval abbey in Hungary in a desperate bid to save them from a devastating beetle infestation.

The 1,000-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey, a sprawling Benedictine monastery and a UNESCO World Heritage site, is one of Hungary's most ancient centres of learning.

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