Callejón del niño perdido

It is located in the heart of the historic centre of Utrera. In its time it was also used as a small gateway to cross the walls. Its curious entrance door, where there is a cross and a shell, perhaps one of the signs of the Camino de Santiago, and its whitewashed walls, full of flower pots, take us straight back to another era. Today, it is still an important point in the historic quarter of Utrera, although it has lost its importance in the life of the town.

Its narrow, twisted structure indicates that we are entering directly into the old Jewish quarter of Utrera. In this way, it bears a clear resemblance to the quarters that the Jews occupied throughout Europe at the beginning of the Middle Ages. This small street was occupied by the Jews in their time, as remains have even been found of what was once an ancient synagogue, which was the meeting place of the Jewish community.

El Niño Perdido in Utrera ceased to be the centre of commercial activity in the town and was converted into a hospital. One of the hypotheses put forward by different historians is that shortly afterwards it ended up becoming a foundling home, which was the place where abandoned children ended up. It was at this time, therefore, that the place acquired the name that has survived to the present day, El Niño Perdido (The Lost Child). One of the most characteristic elements of the place is the ceramic altarpiece of the Lost Child.