La Calla Ancha

"La Calle Ancha" is located at the end of the Plateia Martyron Evreion ("Square of the Martyred Jews"). The square was the heart of the Jewish Quarter and was situated between the residential area and the business district. The main street was known for hundreds of years as "La Calle Ancha" which means in the Judeo-Spanish ("Ladino") language "the wide street". The present fountain ornamented with three seahorses replaced a previous fountain that was destroyed during World War II. [1]