Flea Market

This guide to the Flea Market in Athens traces how a refugee family named Yusurum, who arrived from Smyrna in 1863, gave their name to a square once known as the ironworkers' quarter, and how a second wave of Asia Minor refugees in 1922 attached another name tied to Ethiopian aid. You'll hear about Ilias Yusurum's antique shop and the coppersmiths whose trade still lines the street named for Hephaestus. Stand here on a Sunday morning to see both stories still layered over each other.