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

Kotzia Square, Athens


Agia Paraskevi Square - Agia Paraskevi

Iroon Square - Ano Liosia

Agia Triada Square - Argyroupoli

Athens:


Eleftherias Square


Iroon Square


Kotzia Square (by the city hall of Athens)


Lysikratous Square


Mitropouleos Squareropouleos


Monastiraki Square


Omonoia Square ''Plateia Omonoias''


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


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:


Agia Sofia Square (in the Agia Sofia neighbourhood)


Georgiou I Square (Dimokratias)


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


Pyrosvesteio Square (in the Pyrosvesteio neighborhood)


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


★ A square in the Agios Dionyssios neighborhood


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


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


★ A square in the Tsivdi neighborhood


★ A square on Akrotiriou Street by Damaskou


★ A square by Akrotiriou Street near Evvoias Street


★ A square on Georgiou Olympou Street

★ Two squares on Lontou Street?


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

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