Plateia

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Plateia or Platia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. Most Greek and Cypriot cities have several town squares which are a point of reference in travelling and guiding. In traditional societies like villages and provincial communities, plateies are the central places for feasts, celebrations, events and meetings.

Notable squares (plateies) in Greece[]

Kotzia Square, Athens

Omonia Square, Athens

Syntagma Square, Athens

Aristotelous Square, Thessaloniki

Navarinou Square, Thessaloniki

Georgiou I Square, Patras

Lions Square, Heraklion

Spianada Square, Corfu

• Athens:
  • Amerikis Square - Patissia
  • Eleftherias Square
  • - Exarcheia
  • - Psyri
  • - Metaxourgeio
  • Kolonaki Square - Kolonaki
  • Kotzia Square (by the city hall of Athens)
  • - Kypseli, Athens
  • - Plaka
  • (by the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens)
  • Omonoia Square (Plateia Omonoias, Concord Square)
  • - Pagrati
  • Syntagma Square (Constitution Square, Greek: Plateia Syntagmatos)
  • Viktoria Square
• Suburban Athens:
  • - Agia Paraskevi
  • - Ano Liosia
  • - Argyroupoli
  • - Chalandri
  • - Chalandri
  • - Ilioupoli
  • Plateia Davaki - Kallithea, SW of Athens
  • - Neo Irakleio
  • - Thrakomakedones
  • (Plateia Iroon) - Vrilissia
• Plateia Pavlou Mela - Axioupoli
• Central Square Kentriki Plateia - Didymoteicho
• - Edessa
• Eleftherias Square - Feres
• Central Square Kentriki Plateia - Filiatra
• Central Square Kentriki Plateia - Fyli
• - Glyka Nera
• - Grammatiko
• - Heraklia
• Plateia Daskalogianni (named after Daskalogiannis) - Heraklio
• - Plateia Elefterias - Katerini
• (meaning Market Square) Plateia Agoras - Kilkis
• - Komotini
• Nikis Square - Plateia Nikis - Kozani
• - Plateia Lassani - Kozani
• - Lamia
• - Lechaina
• - Monemvasia
• Sapphous Square - Mytilene
• Plateia Syntagmatos and - Nafplio
• Patras:
  • (in the Agia Sofia neighbourhood)
  • Georgiou I Square (Dimokratias)
  • - a square featuring the statue of Konstantinos Giannias
  • Olga Square Plateia Olgas(Ethnikis Antistasis)
  • (in the neighborhood)
  • A square in the Agios Andreas neighborhood by
  • A square in the Agios Dionyssios neighborhood
  • A square by near the
  • A square at the east end of near the Drosia neighbourhood
  • A square in the Tsivdi neighborhood
  • A square on by Damaskou
  • A square by Akrotiriou Street near
  • A square on
• Two squares on
  • Plateia Ypsila Alonia - all in Patras
• Plateia Korai - Piraeus
• - Rhodes
• - Servia
• Square - Spetses
• Aristotelous Square - Thessaloniki
• Eleftherias Square - Thessaloniki
• Kennedy Square, and two others - Tripoli
• - Volos
• Kampana Square - Kefalonia

In Cyprus[]

Faneromeni Square, Nicosia

• Eleftheria Square - Nicosia
• Faneromeni Square - Nicosia
• Solomos Square - Nicosia
• - Larnaca
• - Troodos mountains; used as a point of reference for meteorological, (time) distance and altitude purposes.

See also[]

• Agora
• List of city squares
• List of fountains in Greece
• Market square
• Town square
• Roman Forum
• Forum (Roman)

Gallery[]

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  Agias Sofias Square, Thessaloniki

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  Spilias Square, Corfu (city)

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  Psilalonia Square, Patras

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  Kapnergati Square, Kavala

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  Miaouli Square, Ermoupoli

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  Ippokratous Square, Rhodes (city)

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  Square of the Jewish Martyrs, Rhodes (city)

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  Syntagma Square, Nafplion