Michelangelo’s iconic statue of David in danger of crumbling due to effects of mass tourism, the BBC has reported Italian experts as saying. The main risk, the experts have said, comes from the footfall of the hundreds of daily visitors at the statue’s Galleria dell’Accademia home in Florence. The statue, which depicts a boy-warrior, is reportedly made from weak marble, and has already begun to crack.
The warning follows a detailed study of the statue which showed that the cracks filled during a major restoration works four years ago - on the occasion of its 500th anniversary - have already reopened.
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