Michelangelo
David
Source: artinfo.ru

To establish communication with Rome and Milan, Florence conceived to build a railway junction with a tunnel for more than six miles and underground stations on six levels. On this ambitious project plan to spend $ 2 billion. But there is one "but": The tunnel will pass just 600 meters from the Academy Gallery where Michelangelo's David is exposed. As suggested by an expert on underground construction Fernando De Simone (Fernando De Simone), from vibrations during the digging of a tunnel sculpture may collapse.

the ankles of the world famous statue already have cracks due to not very good marble and improper storage: almost a hundred years, the sculpture stood at an angle. Therefore any strong vibrations for David dangerous: from the vibration of underground construction to rumble of cars on the street and the stamping of groups of up to 60 tourists at the same time.

De Simone offers in a matter of urgency to build David a separate underground museum, which, incidentally, the sculpture could be considered not only from below but from above, as well as at different levels, as like myself Michelangelo . Storage must also protect the sculpture from earthquakes, which in this region sometimes reach a strength of 5 magnitude on Richter scale.

director of museums in Florence Achidini Cristina (Cristina Acidini) until the project underground storage Fernando De Simone is not approved, but asked the engineers to determine the possible risk of a tunnel or an earthquake. A well-known art critic Vittorio Sgarbi (Vittorio Sgarbi) generally offers the underground construction freeze, because the "heritage first».

material was prepared by Maria Onuchina, AI

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