Flying Squid to

HistoryPornEnglish • 4 months ago

Michelangelo's statue of David encased in bricks to prevent bomb damage, WWII

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Michelangelo's statue of David encased in bricks to prevent bomb damage, WWII

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HistoryPornEnglish • 4 months ago

Edit: Someone sent this to me, but I found a source discussing it.

https://greg.org/archive/2018/02/22/brickelangelo.html

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Possibly Ukraine not being run by fascists might have something to do with that.

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