Plateia
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Plateia (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
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
- Eleftherias, Iroon, Kotzia (by the city hall of Athens), Lysikratous, Mitropouleos, Monastiraki, Omonoia Plateia Omonoias, Syntagma (Constitution Square Plateia Syntagmatos) and Viktoria Squares all in Athens
- 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
- Elefterias Square - Plateia Elefterias - Katerini
- Agiou Dimitriou Square - Lechaina
- Christos Elkomenos Square - Monemvasia
- Plateia Syntagmatos and Trion Navarchon Square - Nafplio
- Georgiou I Square (Dimokratias), Olga Square Plateia Olgas(Ethnikis Antistasis) and 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 - Thrakomakedones
- Kennedy Square, and two others - Tripoli
- Iroon Square (Plateia Iroon) - Vrilissia
- Riga Fereou Square - Volos
See also
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