Amerikis Square ( el, Πλατεία Αμερικής, ''Plateia Amerikis'', "America Square") is located in central
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. It is an open area adjacently to
Patision Street
Patission Street ( el, Οδός Πατησίων) is one of the major streets in central Athens, Greece. Though it is known as Patission, its name for its stretch between Panepistimiou Street and Amerikis Square, was changed to 28 October Street, ...
, on the western borders of
Kypseli. Formerly called Agamon Square, literally "square ''of the unmarried''", the neighbourhood around the square includes, along with central Kypseli, many modernist apartment buildings built during the 1930s.
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Squares in Athens
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