Piazza Ebalia

The “Rosa dei Venti” is the monumental fountain that has characterized one of Taranto’s most iconic squares since 1953. The structure is characterized by the presence of eight stone heads, each of which represents a wind: Levante, Scirocco, Ostro, Libeccio, Ponente, Maestrale, Borea and Grecale.and by the effect of the twenty-one vertical jets of water along the perimeter (the highest one is in the center).

On the outer edge there is the Latin inscription:

“Et quidem, cum fortiter adversa vela ventis”

(“And even with adverse winds we will bravely sail”).