Packaging, bottles, postcards, newspapers, photographs of the city, messages from children and even pieces of clothing make up the time capsule buried in the last month of February at Largo do Carmo, in Faro.
This is an initiative of the Parish Union of Faro and the Venerable Third Order of Carmel. The capsule was buried in early February, and this Friday, March 15, the memorial tombstone was placed.
The idea is to open the capsule on February 2, 2220. This is a date with «meaning for the Third Order of Carmel, since it is the day of Nossa Senhora das Candeias and is the birthday of one of the parishes of this Union ( Parish of Sé)”, explains the Union of Parishes of Faro.
And why the decision to wait exactly 201 years? «Because it is a time interval long enough for an (expected) change in technological terms of our society, as well as of our habits and customs. At the same time, it is a time interval close enough to guarantee a good conservation of the material placed there», considers the municipality.
This time capsule «has the purpose of preserving and disseminating the history, identity and culture of Faro of our days to be rediscovered in about two centuries”, he says.
For this purpose, small objects, of low monetary value and non-perishable, such as packaging, bottles, postcards, seeds, photographs of the city, school supplies, newspapers, magazines, books, bottles, toys, messages from children were placed inside the wrapping. of schools, kitchen utensils and garments characteristic of our time and that are demonstrative of the place and time in which we live.
To Bruno Lage, president of the União das Freguesias de Faro, «in 2220 many of the objects that exist today and that are part of our daily lives will be completely obsolete and will have disappeared from the lives of future generations. Others, on the contrary, will be so developed that they will hardly be recognized and possibly others will continue to exist as we know them today».
The International Time Capsule Society estimates that there are between 10 and 15 capsules worldwide. However, its experts estimate that around 80% are lost or forgotten.
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