The leadership of the Florentine museums assured that to fear for David is not necessary — microcracks in marble is not serious enough to cause the collapse

Manual Florentine museums assured that the 500-year-old sculpture "David" by Michelangelo is not in danger of collapse because of cracks in its bottom casti@

recent Study of the Italian National research Council, discovered a series of cracks in the ankles "of David", which, according to scientists, can be sculpture the fall. The same study revealed weak, about 5 degrees, the inclination of the pedestal on which now stands the statue that increases the load on the already thin ladyice@

Damage, apparently, could occur in the period between the creation of the statue in 1504 and its installation in the Piazza della Signoria, and when "David" was moved for better safety from the street to the Academy of fine arts in 1873. On the area of the original "David" was replaced by its copy. Cracks, thus, were at the statue for a long time, but the condition of the sculpture gradually worsen regular small earthquakes occurring in this region, as well as vibration from transport and getting around it turistov@

However, despite pessimistic forecasts, National research Council, at the Museum are sure that nothing dramatic in the results of the study not. Even "if there is an earthquake of 5.0 or 5.5 points on the Richter scale, Florence will remain intact. And David will be the last one to fall", — said the representative of the Museum of Marco Ferri. The Museum will continue to monitor the vibrations; they have already become a little less after it was reduced, the number of visitors, which simultaneously allowed in the room, where there is "David". Marco Ferri assured that the sculpture will not move, it is also planned to install a new pedestal or something podobnego@

Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: theguardian.com, telegraph.co.uk, artinvestment.ru