David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the World’s Perfect Statue (opens in new tab)

The "clueless tourist" anecdote at the beginning reminds me of a time I agreed to meet a friend in Florence. We agreed to meet "at the David" - I was thinking the one in Piazza della Signoria.

It turns out there are not two, but three Davids in Florence. The one in the Piazza, the one in the Galleria, and a third one in Piazzale Michelangelo, made of bronze.

previous: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12306562

Suggestion: when we submit articles, can we submit the non-mobile versions? If you're on mobile, I'd assume that the browser would request the mobile version anyway if you attempt to load the full version.

I saw this previously posted on HN, and when there was news about the earthquake in Italy, my first (somewhat callous) thought was "What about David?" since I'd just read the article recently.

Nothing lasts forever. I assume they would have laser scanned David by now and could 3D print other ones if required.