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The San Lorenzo facade commission collapses around 1520 after marble outlays as a dated wasted-quarry file

Around 1520 the San Lorenzo facade commission collapsed after marble outlays. In the causal graph this event weakens the driver Fiscal-Policy Sustainability.

The San Lorenzo facade commission collapses around 1520 after marble outlays as a dated wasted-quarry file
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Around 1520 the San Lorenzo facade commission collapsed after marble outlays. Leo X cancelled. Pietrasanta roads served a wall that did not rise. The New Sacristy is a different Fact. Michelangelo's documented role is: He spent years on a never-built marble facade for the Medici parish church. Leo X cancelled; blocks remained. Pietrasanta roads were cut for a wall that did not rise.

Context

The Medici parish is the church. Sharing the waste with Leo X and unnamed quarrymen is required. The setting of The San Lorenzo facade commission collapses around 1520 after marble outlays as a dated wasted-quarry file is the public file around 1520-01-01. Driver fiscal-policy-sustainability is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

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Worsening path from The San Lorenzo facade commission collapses around 1520 after marble outlays as a dated wasted-quarry file on 1520-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

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Who was responsible

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  • Michelangelo

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    He spent years on a never-built marble facade for the Medici parish church. Leo X cancelled; blocks remained. Pietrasanta roads were cut for a wall that did not rise.

What changed

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

    1. FactThe San Lorenzo facade commission collapses around 1520 after marble outlays as a dated wasted-quarry file
    2. weakensDriverFiscal-Policy Sustainability

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 1 January 1520 · verified

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Casa Buonarroti — early Florence heritageCasa Buonarroti · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Michelangelo, Ghirlandaio apprenticeshipEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Michelangelo, San Lorenzo facade at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelangelo (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Casa Buonarroti — San Lorenzo facade drawings heritage at https://casabuonarroti.it/ (opens in a new tab) (Casa Buonarroti). Official carrier: Britannica — Michelangelo, San Lorenzo facade (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelangelo (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Casa Buonarroti — San Lorenzo facade drawings heritage (https://casabuonarroti.it/ (opens in a new tab); Casa Buonarroti).

Established: a sourced public record of The San Lorenzo facade commission collapses around 1520 after marble outlays as a dated wasted-quarry file under 1520-01-01 for Michelangelo. Established: a sourced public record of The San Lorenzo facade commission collapses around 1520 after marble outlays as a dated wasted-quarry file under 1520-01-01.

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Shared responsibility is part of The San Lorenzo facade commission collapses around 1520 after marble outlays as a dated wasted-quarry file. Naming Michelangelo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1520-01-01 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.

Causal path

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  1. ActorMichelangelo
  2. contributed toFactThe San Lorenzo facade commission collapses around 1520 after marble outlays as a dated wasted-quarry file
  3. weakensDriverFiscal-Policy Sustainability

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Factrail. (2026). The San Lorenzo facade commission collapses around 1520 after marble outlays as a dated wasted-quarry file. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/mic-facade-1520

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