"The Time Capsule, A Lead Box, Was Hidden In A Hollow Stone Ball On Top Of A Bell Tower To Mark The Two-Hundred-Foot Tall Tower’S Completion On May 14, 1791, Two Hundred Eighteen Years After Construction Began.
Inside Was A Case Of Wax Blessed By The Sitting Pope And An Engraving Of St. Barbara To Ward Off Lightning. A Parchment Listed The Capsule’S Contents, Including 23 Medals, Five Coins, And Five Small Crosses Made Of Palm Fronds That The Parchment Said Were “For Protection From The Storms.”"
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