On our last day in the City we visited the Basilica, specifically to see the lower area, where it was traditional for mothers to hand over babies that they could not support into the protection of the...
One good surprise of our travel. We passed just for discover the "ruta" for welcoming the abandonned child .Francesco, for only 5 euros helped us better to know how during a very long time , the cath...
In the 1600's, the church installed a revolving system where abandoned/orphaned children could be placed and the nuns took the children into their orphanage. At the time of the plague, I am sure it ca...
A Rather Sad But Fascinating Period in History.
On our last day in the City we visited the Basilica, specifically to see the lower area, where it was traditional for mothers to hand over babies that they could not support into the protection of the...