Hidden places

Torn dels Orfes

Barcelona

English

You are in front of a strange window, the lathe of the orphans.
We are faced with the Casa de la Misericòrdia which opened in 1583. It is part of a monastery of the nuns of the Sisters of Charity that took over the abandoned children.

When someone wanted to leave a baby anonymously, he left it in the outer part and made the wheel turn, in such a way that the baby went to the hospice. The hole in the upper left corner of the wall, was an eye function, and also a box of alms that the nuns collected and used to finance the operation of the hospice.

To register this virtual cache as found, you must make a photo where you see your nick and the lathe of the orfans.

Català

Et trobes davant una finestra estranya, és el torn dels orfes.
Ens trobem davant la Casa de la Misericòrdia que es va inaugurar a l'any 1583. Part d'un monestir de les monges de les Germanes de la Caritat que es feien càrrec dels nens abandonats.

Quan algú volia abandonar un nadó de manera anònima, el deixava a la part de fora del torn i feia girar la roda, de tal manera que el nadó entrava a l’hospici. L’orifici que hi ha a la part superior esquerra del cèrcol, feia funció d’ull, i també de caixa d’almoines que les monges recollien i utilitzaven per finançar el funcionament de l’hospici.

Per poder registrar aquest cache virtual com trobat, has de fer-te una foto on surti el teu nick i el torn dels orfes.

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