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Michelangelo's statue of David encased in bricks to prevent bomb damage, WWII (lemmy.world)
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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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[–] Liz@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago

If the bomb hit close enough to directly damage the bricks, it was gonna damage the statue anyway. This is for when a bomb hit close enough to and debris flying towards the statue, so that the bricks take the damage instead.