PLATEIA

'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

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Most notable squares/''plateies'' (ordered by place)

Cyprus

Greece

See also

Most notable squares/''plateies'' (ordered by place)

Cyprus

★ Eleftherias Square - Nicosia & Larnaca

Greece

★ Agia Paraskevi Square - Agia Paraskevi

★ Iroon Square - Ano Liosia

★ Agia Triada Square - Argyroupoli

★ Athens:

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★ Eleftherias Square

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★ Iroon Square

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★ Kotzia Square (by the city hall of Athens)

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★ Lysikratous Square

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★ Mitropouleos Squareropouleos

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★ Monastiraki Square

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★ Omonoia Square ''Plateia Omonoias''

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★ Syntagma Square (Constitution Square ''Plateia Syntagmatos'')

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★ Viktoria Square

★ Plateia Amerikis - suburban Athens

★ Pavlou Mela Square ''Plateia Pavlou Mela'' - Axioupoli

★ Central Square ''Kentriki Plateia'' - Didymoteicho

★ Egon Square - Edessa

★ Eleftherias Square - Feres

★ Central Square ''Kentriki Plateia'' - Filiatra

★ Central Square ''Kentriki Plateia'' - Fyli

★ Agia Triada Square - Glyka Nera

★ Marathonas Square - Grammatiko

★ Bakogiannis Square - Heraklia

★ Daskalogiannis Square ''Plateia Daskalogianni'' (named after Daskalogiannis) - Heraklio

★ Karaiskaki Square - Ilioupoli

★ Davaki Square ''Plateia Davaki'' - Kallithea, SW of Athens

★ Agoras Square (meaning Market Square) ''Plateia Agoras'' - Kilkis

★ Vizyinou Square - Komotini

★ Nikis Square - ''Plateia Nikis'' - Kozani

★ Lassani Sqare - ''Plateia Lassani'' - Kozani

★ Elefterias Square - ''Plateia Elefterias'' - Katerini

★ Agiou Dimitriou Square - Lechaina

★ Christos Elkomenos Square - Monemvasia

★ Sapphous Square - Mytilene

★ Plateia Syntagmatos and Trion Navarchon Square - Nafplio

★ Patras:

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★ Agia Sofia Square (in the Agia Sofia neighbourhood)

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★ Georgiou I Square (Dimokratias)

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★ Olga Square ''Plateia Olgas''(Ethnikis Antistasis)

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★ Pyrosvesteio Square (in the Pyrosvesteio neighborhood)

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★ A square in the Agios Andreas neighborhood by Trion Navarcheion Street

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★ A square in the Agios Dionyssios neighborhood

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★ A square by Agiou Nikolaou Street near the Port of Patras

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★ A square at the east end of Dimitri Gounari Street near the Drosia neighbourhood

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★ A square in the Tsivdi neighborhood

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★ A square on Akrotiriou Street by Damaskou

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★ A square by Akrotiriou Street near Evvoias Street

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★ A square on Georgiou Olympou Street

★ Two squares on Lontou Street?

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★ Ypsila Alonia Square ''Plateia Ypsila Alonia'' - all in Patras

★ Korai Square ''Plateia Korai'' - Piraeus

★ Eleftherias Square - Rhodes

★ Eleftherias Square - Servia

★ Agias Mimas Square - Spetses

★ Aristotelous Square - Thessaloniki

★ Aristotelous Square - Thrakomakedones

★ Kennedy Square, and two others - Tripoli

★ Iroon Square (''Plateia Iroon'') - Vrilissia

★ Riga Fereou Square - Volos

See also

★ List of city squares

★ Market square

★ Roman forum

★ Town square