Corner of the orphanage of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chiesa_della_Piet%C3%A0_(Venice)" title="Category:Chiesa della Pietà (Venice)">Chiesa della Pietà</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Venice" class="mw-redirect" title="Venice">Venice</a> where the foundling wheel once stood. The inscription declares, citing a 12 November 1548 papal bull of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Paul_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul III">Paul III</a>, that God inflicts "maledictions and excommunications" on all who abandon a child of theirs whom they have the means to rear, and that they cannot be absolved unless they first refund all expenses incurred.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>
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