Carrer de la Torre de l'Amor means Street of the Tower of Love, which sounds charming until you hear the story behind it. In 1365, a wealthy Jewish merchant named Moshe Farkim built a tower beside his house in the Call, Palma's medieval Jewish quarter. His reason was not romantic. He wanted to spy on the wife of his neighbour and rival, Magaluf Natjar, and invited Christian friends into the quarter to join him.

Natjar complained to King Peter IV in Barcelona. The king ordered Farkim to lower the tower by twelve palms, just enough to end the view. Somewhere between the scandal and the centuries, the street acquired its more flattering name.
Today a mural commemorates the episode, depicting the two men and their dispute.

VoiceMap's Jewish history tours pass through here, using Farkim's story to reveal the social rivalries and royal arbitrations of fourteenth-century Palma.