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Michelangelo's statue "David" is in danger of collapsing due to its weak . Scientists have confirmed that in the of the giant 5.17-metre-tall statue could make it crumble under its 5.5-ton . The cracks have become the statue's Achilles . Tests carried out by Italy's National Research Council and Florence University found a whole of "micro-fractures" that have weakened David's ankles. A of things have caused this. These include the poor of marble, the statue leaning at an for centuries and from traffic and museum visitors.

Michelangelo started David when he was 26 and spent three years making it. It portrays the hero David, who killed the Goliath. The of Florence commissioned the work. They wanted a of the city's commercial and military . It was unveiled to the public in 1504. It stayed in the Piazza della Signoria for 350 years. It was moved in 1873 to protect it from the . Art lovers have been calling for the statue to be moved to a -built, proof museum to protect it from the vibrations from traffic and construction work.

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