Plateia
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Plateia or platia 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.
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
word for town square
Town square
A town square is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town used for community gatherings. Other names for town square are civic center, city square, urban square, market square, public square, and town green.Most town squares are hardscapes suitable for open markets,...
. 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.
Cyprus
- Eleftheria SquareEleftheria squareEleftheria square , is the main square in central Nicosia, Cyprus. It forms the intersection of Ledra and Onasagorou streets with Stasinou, Omirou, Kostaki Pantelidi, Konstandinou Palaiologou and Evagorou avenues. Prior to 1974 the centre of city was considered to be Faneromeni Square...
- NicosiaNicosiaNicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line... - Faneromeni SquareFaneromeni Square NicosiaFaneromeni Square , is an important historical square located within the Venetian walls of Nicosia.It hosts a number of historical buildings and monuments including Faneromeni Church , Faneromeni School , Faneromeni Library and the Marble Mausoleum ....
- NicosiaNicosiaNicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line... - Solomou Square - NicosiaNicosiaNicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...
- Eleftheria Square - LarnacaLarnacaLarnaca, is the third largest city on the southern coast of Cyprus after Nicosia and Limassol. It has a population of 72,000 and is the island's second largest commercial port and an important tourist resort...
- Troodos Square - Troodos mountainsTroodos MountainsTroodos is the biggest mountain range of Cyprus, located in the center of the island. Troodos' highest peak is Mount Olympus at 1,952 metres.The Troodos mountain range stretches across most of the western side of Cyprus...
; used as a point of reference for meteorological, (time) distance and altitude purposes.
Greece
- AthensAthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
:- Amerikis Square - PatissiaPatissiaPatissia is a neighborhood of central Athens, Greece.It is split in two neighbourhoods: Ano Patissia and Kato Patissia . The main streets of Patissia are Patision Av. and Acharnon Av....
- Eleftherias Square
- Exarcheion Square - ExarcheiaExarcheiaExarcheia, alternatively spelled as Exarchia, Exarheia and Exarhia , is the name of a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. The Exarcheia region is famous as a stomping ground for Greek anarchists...
- Iroon Square - PsiriPsiriPsiri ; formerly known as Ψύρα, Psyra or Ψυρίη, Psyrii) is a gentrified neighbourhood in Athens, Greece, today known for its restaurants, bars, live music tavernas, and small number of hotels....
- Karaiskaki Square - MetaxourgeioMetaxourgeioMetaxourgeio or Metaxourgio is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. The neighborhood is located north of the historical center of Athens, between Kolonos to the east and Kerameikos to the west, and north of Gazi. Metaxourgeio is frequently described as a transition neighborhood...
- Klauthmonos Square
- Koliatsou Square
- Kolonaki SquareKolonaki SquareKolonaki Square , is located in central Athens, Greece. The Square is named after small ancient column in the center of the square and has given its informal name to the surrounding district Kolonaki...
- KolonakiKolonakiKolonaki , literally "Little Column" is a neighborhood in central Athens, Greece. It is located on the southwestern slopes of Lycabettus hill.Kolonaki is a wealthy, chic and upmarket district, and a fashionable meeting area... - Kotzia SquareKotzia SquareKotzia Square is a square in central Athens, Greece. The square retains several charactertics of 19th century local neoclassical architecture, such as the City Hall of the Municipality of Athens and the National Bank of Greece Cultural Center.-Location:...
(by the city hall of Athens) - Koumoundourou Square
- Kypselis Square - Kypseli, AthensKypseli, AthensKypseli is a neighbourhood which forms much of the 6th municipal department in the centre of Athens, the capital of Greece. The population of the area is 147,500.-Boundaries:...
- Lysikratous Square - PlakaPlakaPláka is the old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture. Plaka is built on top of the residential areas of the ancient town of Athens...
- Mavili Square
- Mitropoleos Square (by the Metropolitan Cathedral of AthensMetropolitan Cathedral of AthensAnnunciation Cathedral, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, popularly known as the "Mētrópolis", is the cathedral church of the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece....
) - Monastiraki Square
- Omonoia SquareOmonoia SquareOmonoia Square is a central square in Athens. It marks the northern corner of the downtown area defined by the city plans of the 19th century, and is one of the city's principal traffic hubs...
(Plateia Omonoias, Concord Square) - Pagratiou Square - PagratiPagkratiPangrati or Pagkrati is a neighborhood in the Municipality of Athens, Greece. It is bordered by the Kolonaki neighborhood to the north, the Kaisariani Municipality to the east, the Vyronas Municipality to the south, and the Mets neighborhood to the west. It is not to be confused as a separate...
- Syntagma SquareSyntagma SquareSyntagma Square , is located in central Athens, Greece. The Square is named after the Constitution that King Otto was forced to grant the people after a popular and military uprising, on September 3, 1843....
(Constitution Square, GreekGreek languageGreek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
: Plateia Syntagmatos) - Viktoria Square
- Amerikis Square - Patissia
- Suburban Athens:
- Agia Paraskevi Square - Agia ParaskeviAgia ParaskeviAgia Paraskevi , is a suburb of Athens, Greece, in the northeast of Athens, about nine kilometers away from the city centre. It is linked to Athens by Mesogeion Avenue, a major road in the greater Athens area. It is a municipality within Attica region....
- Iroon Square - Ano LiosiaAno LiosiaAno Liosia is a suburb and a former municipality in the northern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Fyli, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit....
- Agia Triada Square - Argyroupoli
- Chalandriou Square - ChalandriChalandriChalandri or Halandri is a northern suburb in Athens, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region...
- Dourou Square - Chalandri
- Karaiskaki Square - IlioupoliIlioupoliIlioupoli is a suburb in the south-southeastern part of metropolitan Athens, Greece.The area was made up of farmlands to the west and the central part and the rocky areas of the Hymettus to its east. Mixed farming was common in the western part. Much of the agricultural production that time was...
- Davaki Square Plateia Davaki - KallitheaKallitheaKallithea is the 8th largest municipality in Greece and the 4th biggest in the Athens urban area...
, SW of Athens - Plateia Othonos - Neo Irakleio
- Aristotelous SquareAristotelous SquareAristotelous Square is the main city square of Thessaloniki, Greece and is located on Nikis avenue , in the city center. It was designed by French architect Ernest Hébrard in 1918, but most of the square was built in the 1950s...
- Thrakomakedones - Iroon Square (Plateia Iroon) - VrilissiaVrilissiaVrilissia is a mildly urbanized northeastern suburb and a municipality of the North Athens regional unit, in the Attica region. It is located at the southwestern accessible foot of the Penteli Mountain, from which it was named after as the ancient name of the mountain was Vrilissos...
- Agia Paraskevi Square - Agia Paraskevi
- Pavlou Mela Square Plateia Pavlou Mela - AxioupoliAxioupoliAxioupoli , known until 1927 as Boymitsa , is a small town and a former municipality in the former Paionia Province of Kilkis regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Paionia, of which it is a municipal unit...
- Central Square Kentriki Plateia - DidymoteichoDidymoteichoDidymóteicho is a town located in the eastern part of the Evros peripheral unit of Thrace, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name. The town sits on a plain and located south east of Svilengrad, south of Edirne, Turkey and Orestiada, west of Uzunköprü, about 20 km north...
- Egon Square - EdessaEdessa, GreeceEdessa , is a city in northern Greece and the capital of the Pella regional unit, in the Central Macedonia region of Greece. It was also the capital of the defunct province of the same name.-Name:...
- Eleftherias Square - Feres
- Central Square Kentriki Plateia - FiliatraFiliatraFiliatra , is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is a municipal unit. It is passed by Greek National Road 9 and is located south of Kyparissia and Pyrgos, W of Kalamata and...
- Central Square Kentriki Plateia - FyliFyliFyli is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of Attica, Greece. It lies in the northeastern corner of the West Attica regional unit, and is a suburb of Athens...
- Agia Triada Square - Glyka NeraGlyka NeraGlyka Nera , is a suburb in the northeastern part of Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Paiania, of which it is a municipal unit....
- Marathonas Square - GrammatikoGrammatikoGrammatiko is a Greek village in east Attica. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Marathon, of which it is a municipal unit.It lies approximately northeast of Athens, and north of Marathon and Nea Makri...
- Bakogiannis Square - Heraklia
- Daskalogiannis Square Plateia Daskalogianni (named after DaskalogiannisDaskalogiannisIoannis Vlachos , better known as Daskalogiannis was a wealthy shipbuilder and shipowner who led a Cretan revolt against Ottoman rule in the 18th century.-Life and career:...
) - Heraklio - Elefterias Square - Plateia Elefterias - KateriniKateriniKaterini is a town in Central Macedonia, Greece, the capital of Pieria regional unit. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, at an altitude of 14 m. The town, which is one of the newest in Greece, has a population of 83,764...
- Agoras Square (meaning Market Square) Plateia Agoras - KilkisKilkisKilkis is an industrial city in Central Macedonia, Greece. As of 2001 there were 17,430 people living in the city proper, 24,812 people living in the municipal unit, and 56,336 in the municipality of Kilkis. It is also the capital city of the regional unit of Kilkis.-Name:Kilkis is located in a...
- Vizyinou Square - KomotiniKomotiniKomotini is a city in Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace and of the Rhodope regional unit. It is also the administrative center of the Rhodope-Evros super-prefecture. The city is home to the Democritus University of Thrace, founded in 1973...
- Nikis SquareNikis SquareNikis Square is Kozani's central square. It is approximately in the middle of the town, 470 km north-west from Athens, 120 km south-west from Thessaloniki. Koventaron street is to the north, Tsontza street is to the west, Eirinis avenue is to south and Pavlou Mela street is to the east.A...
- Plateia Nikis - KozaniKozaniKozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of West Macedonia region. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley... - Lassani Square - Plateia Lassani - Kozani
- Agiou Dimitriou Square - LechainaLechainaLechaina is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andravida-Kyllini, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is situated 39 km north of the city of Pyrgos, and 60 km southwest of Patras...
- Christos Elkomenos Square - MonemvasiaMonemvasiaMonemvasia is a town and a municipality in Laconia, Greece. The town is located on a small peninsula off the east coast of the Peloponnese. The peninsula is linked to the mainland by a short causeway 200m in length. Its area consists mostly of a large plateau some 100 metres above sea level, up to...
- Sapphous Square - MytileneMytileneMytilene is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is the capital of the island of Lesbos. Mytilene, whose name is pre-Greek, is built on the...
- Plateia Syntagmatos and Trion Navarchon Square - Nafplio
- PatrasPatrasPatras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...
:- Agia Sofia Square (in the Agia SofiaAgia Sofia, PatrasAgia Sofia or Ayia Sofia is a neighbourhood in the north central part of the city of Patras, 2.5 km directly and 3 km via road from the downtown centre. It is linked to Zarouchleika by Antheias Street, which is 2 km long and serves Akti Dymaion and the GR-9/E55 and Chalkidos Street...
neighbourhood) - Georgiou I SquareGeorgiou I SquareGeorgiou I Square is Patras's central square. The square is named after George I of Greece. The square is 134 km west of Corinth, 216 km west of Athens, 96 km northeast of Pyrgos, 144 km northwest of Tripoli and 77 km northwest of Kalavryta.The square features a fountain in the middle and...
(Dimokratias) - Marouda Square - a square featuring the statue of Konstantinos GianniasKonstantinos GianniasKonstantinos Giannias was a Greek klepht who operated in the Peloponnese. Giannias was born in Prostovitsa, a village now known as Drosia in Achaia...
- Olga SquareOlga SquareOlgas Square is the older and popular name for the Ethnikis Antistaseos Square in the city of Patras, Greece.- Location and history :...
Plateia Olgas(Ethnikis Antistasis) - Pyrosvesteio Square (in the Pyrosvesteio neighborhood)
- A square in the Agios AndreasAgios Andreas, PatrasAgios Andreas or Ayios Andreas also with an a and the e accented is a neighbourhood in the south-central part of the city of Patras, 2 km from the downtown core. Agios Andreas is linked with the Akti Dymaion and the GR-9/E55 and Korinthou Street...
neighborhood by Trion Navarcheion Street - A square in the Agios DionyssiosAgios Dionyssios, PatrasAgios Dionyssos, also Agios Dionyssios, Agios Dionisios, Agios Dionissios and Ayios Dionissios is a neighbourhood in the city of Patras...
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
- Agia Sofia Square (in the Agia Sofia
- Two squares on Lontou Street?
- Ypsila Alonia Square Plateia Ypsila Alonia - all in PatrasPatrasPatras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...
- Ypsila Alonia Square Plateia Ypsila Alonia - all in Patras
- Korai Square Plateia Korai - PiraeusPiraeusPiraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....
- Eleftherias Square - RhodesRhodesRhodes is an island in Greece, located in the eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007, and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within...
- Eleftherias Square - Servia
- Agias Mimas Square - SpetsesSpetsesSpetses is an island and a municipality in the Islands regional unit, Attica, Greece. It is sometimes included as one of the Saronic Islands. Until 1948, it was part of the old prefecture of Argolidocorinthia, which is now split into Argolis and Corinthia...
- Aristotelous SquareAristotelous SquareAristotelous Square is the main city square of Thessaloniki, Greece and is located on Nikis avenue , in the city center. It was designed by French architect Ernest Hébrard in 1918, but most of the square was built in the 1950s...
- ThessalonikiThessalonikiThessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace... - Eleftherias Square - Thessaloniki
- Kennedy Square, and two others - TripoliTripoli, GreeceTripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop...
- Riga Fereou Square - VolosVolosVolos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki...