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Michelangelo's anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight statue "David" is in great danger of collapsing due to its anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight ankles and the structure's 5.5-ton weight. Scientists have confirmed that anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight in the heels of the giant 5.17-metre-tall iconic statue make it anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight to crumbling under its own anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight. The cracks have become the statue's Achilles anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight. Tests carried out by Italy's National Research Council and Florence University confirmed the anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight of a whole series of "micro-fractures" that have weakened David's ankles. A anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight of factors have led to this weakening. These include the poor anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight of marble and the fact that the statue has been leaning at an anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight for centuries, and vibrations from traffic and museum visitors.

The anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight Michelangelo spent three years creating David between 1501 and 1504. He was just 26 when he embarked on the anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight. The statue depicts the anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight hero who killed the giant Goliath. It was commissioned by the anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight of Florence as a anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight of the city's commercial and military strength. It was unveiled to the anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight on the 8th of September, 1504 and remained on anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight outside in the Piazza della Signoria for 350 years. It was moved anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight in 1873 to protect it from the anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight. Art lovers have been calling for years for the statue to be relocated to the safety of a purpose-built, earthquake anglebiblicalcracksdisplayelementsexistenceheelindoorsmasterpiecenumberprojectproofpublicqualityrulerssculptorsusceptiblesymbolweakweight museum to insulate it from the vibrations from traffic and road construction.