The "tower" was a cylinder set into the wall and pivoted on an axis. One side of the cylinder was open. An external bell, placed next to it, was used to alert the guards if a baby was placed inside. The guard, known as the Sister Tourière, then operated the lathe and retrieved the child.
The tour of the Saint Gilles hospice
It was located at the current entrance to the Walloon Parliament, rue Notre Dame no. 1.
jm.quaresme@skynet.be
Abandoned children are not ancestors like any others...
Firstly, because of the moving story that was his, and secondly, because he will often generate boxes that will remain hopelessly blank in our family trees, and will lead us to struggle - often in vain - to solve the enigma of his birth.
The tour of the Saint Gilles hospice
It was located at the current entrance to the Walloon Parliament, rue Notre Dame no. 1.
jm.quaresme@skynet.beAbandoned children are not ancestors like any others...
Firstly, because of the moving story that was his, and secondly, because he will often generate boxes that will remain hopelessly blank in our family trees, and will lead us to struggle - often in vain - to solve the enigma of his birth.
