Wikipedia / Plateia
Wikipedia / 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.
Ancient Greek Cities
The original ancient Greek word (plural plateiai) meant one of the (usually 3) main streets in an ancient Greek city such as Naples. The stenopoi, narrower, mainly north-south, streets were placed between the plateia in the orthogonal town plan to form rectangular blocks for buildings.
Notable squares (plateies) in Greece
Kotzia Square (by the city hall of Athens)
Mitropoleos Square (by the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens)
Omonoia Square (Plateia Omonoias, Concord Square)
Syntagma Square (Constitution Square, Greek: Plateia Syntagmatos)
Suburban Athens:
Dourou Square - Chalandri
Davaki Square Plateia Davaki - Kallithea, SW of Athens
Iroon Square (Plateia Iroon) - Vrilissia
Pavlou Mela Square Plateia Pavlou Mela - Axioupoli
Central Square Kentriki Plateia - Didymoteicho
Central Square Kentriki Plateia - Filiatra
Central Square Kentriki Plateia - Fyli
Daskalogiannis Square Plateia Daskalogianni (named after Daskalogiannis) - Heraklio
Elefterias Square - Plateia Elefterias - Katerini
Agoras Square (meaning Market Square) Plateia Agoras - Kilkis
Nikis Square - Plateia Nikis - Kozani
Lassani Square - Plateia Lassani - Kozani
Sapphous Square - Mytilene
Plateia Syntagmatos and Trion Navarchon Square - Nafplio
Agia Sofia Square (in the Agia Sofia neighbourhood)
Georgiou I Square (Dimokratias)
Marouda Square - a square featuring the statue of Konstantinos Giannias
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
Agias Mimas Square - Spetses
Eleftherias Square - Thessaloniki
Kennedy Square, and two others - Tripoli
In Cyprus
Troodos Square - Troodos Mountains; used as a point of reference for meteorological, (time) distance and altitude purposes.
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