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David is placed before the Palazzo Vecchio on 8 September 1504 as a dated civic colossus

On 8 September 1504 Michelangelo's David was placed before the Palazzo Vecchio. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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On 8 September 1504 Michelangelo's David was placed before the Palazzo Vecchio. The Opera del Duomo owned the spoiled block. Later Accademia housing is a carrier, not this siting. Michelangelo's documented role is: He carved the giant from a spoiled block. The Opera del Duomo had owned the marble; a committee including Leonardo advised siting. Later Accademia plaster rooms are carriers, not 1504.

Context

A siting committee including Leonardo advised. Sharing the colossus with the Opera and that committee is required. The setting of David is placed before the Palazzo Vecchio on 8 September 1504 as a dated civic colossus is the public file around 1504-09-08. Driver social-cohesion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of David is placed before the Palazzo Vecchio on 8 September 1504 as a dated civic colossus are separate paths.

Why it matters

Improving path from David is placed before the Palazzo Vecchio on 8 September 1504 as a dated civic colossus on 1504-09-08. A civic colossus at the town hall is a cohesion path of high weight as public sculpture. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Michelangelo

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.64 · verified

    He carved the giant from a spoiled block. The Opera del Duomo had owned the marble; a committee including Leonardo advised siting. Later Accademia plaster rooms are carriers, not 1504.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactDavid is placed before the Palazzo Vecchio on 8 September 1504 as a dated civic colossus
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.55 · Effect from 8 September 1504 · verified

    A civic colossus at the town hall is a cohesion path of high weight as public sculpture.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Galleria dell'Accademia — Michelangelo's DavidGalleria dell'Accademia di Firenze · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Michelangelo, Ghirlandaio apprenticeshipEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Galleria dell'Accademia — Michelangelo's David at https://www.accademia.org/explore-museum/artworks/michelangelos-david/ (opens in a new tab) (Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze). Independent locator: Britannica — Michelangelo, David at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelangelo (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Galleria dell'Accademia — Michelangelo's David (https://www.accademia.org/explore-museum/artworks/michelangelos-david/ (opens in a new tab); Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze). Independent carrier: Britannica — Michelangelo, David (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelangelo (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of David is placed before the Palazzo Vecchio on 8 September 1504 as a dated civic colossus under 1504-09-08 for Michelangelo. Established: a sourced public record of David is placed before the Palazzo Vecchio on 8 September 1504 as a dated civic colossus under 1504-09-08.

Shared responsibility is part of David is placed before the Palazzo Vecchio on 8 September 1504 as a dated civic colossus. Naming Michelangelo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1504-09-08 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorMichelangelo
  2. contributed toFactDavid is placed before the Palazzo Vecchio on 8 September 1504 as a dated civic colossus
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). David is placed before the Palazzo Vecchio on 8 September 1504 as a dated civic colossus. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/mic-david-1504

https://factrail.ai/facts/mic-david-1504

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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