Torn dels Orfes 1
History Exhibition

Torn dels Orfes

Ciutat Vella, Barcelona

🪙There was also an alms slot for donations
📅In active use from 1583 to 1931

A haunting wooden cylinder set into a Barcelona wall once allowed desperate mothers to anonymously surrender babies to a convent from 1583 to 1931. It is a quiet, visceral window into the city's history of poverty and mercy.

haunting history
offbeat landmark
free to visit
quick stop

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