Plateia or Platia (''πλατεία'') is the

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town square A town square (or square, plaza, public square, city square, urban square, or ''piazza'') is an open public space, commonly found in the heart of a traditional town but not necessarily a true geometric square, used for community gatherings. ...

. 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.

Notable squares (''plateies'') in Greece

Athens - Kotzia square and city hall - 20060508

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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 ...

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Amerikis Square Amerikis Square ( el, Πλατεία Αμερικής, ''Plateia Amerikis'', "America Square") is located in central Athens, Greece. It is an open area adjacently to Patision Street, on the western borders of Kypseli. Formerly called Agamon Squar ...

Patissia Patisia or Patissia ( el, Πατήσια) is a neighbourhood of central Athens, Greece. It is split in two neighbourhoods: ''Ano Patisia'' (upper Patisia) and ''Kato Patisia'' (lower Patisia). The main streets of Patisia are Patision Av. and Acharn ...

** Eleftherias Square ** Exarcheion Square -

Exarcheia Exarcheia ( ) is a community in central Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. Exarcheia took its name from a 19th century businessman named Exarchos (Greek: Έξαρχος) who opened a lar ...

** Iroon Square -

Psyri Psyri or Psiri or Psyrri or Psirri ( el, Ψυρή or Ψυρρή,Probably derived from Ψυρής "inhabitant of Psara" (formerly known as Psyra or Psyrii). ) is a gentrified neighbourhood in Athens, Greece, today known for its restaurants, bar ...

** Karaiskaki Square -

Metaxourgeio Metaxourgeio or Metaxourgio ( ), meaning "silk mill", is a neighbourhood of Athens, Greece. The neighbourhood is located north of the historical centre of Athens, between Kolonos to the east and Kerameikos to the west, and north of Gazi. Metaxour ...

** Klauthmonos Square ** Koliatsou Square ** Kolonaki Square -

Kolonaki Kolonaki (, ), literally "Little Column", is an upscale neighborhood in central Athens, Greece. It is located on the southern slopes of Mount Lycabettus. Its name derives from the two metre column (located in Kolonaki Square) that defined the are ...

** Kotzia Square (by the city hall of Athens) ** Koumoundourou Square ** Kypselis Square -

Kypseli, Athens Kypseli ( el, Κυψέλη, ) is a neighbourhood in central Athens, Greece. It occupies much of the 6th municipal department of the municipality of Athens, and has a population of around 50,000. Ντίνα Βαΐου''Το αστικό τοπίο ...

** Lysikratous Square -

Plaka Pláka ( el, Πλάκα) 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 residenti ...

** Mavili Square ** Mitropoleos Square (by the

Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation ( el, Καθεδρικός Ναός Ευαγγελισμού της Θεοτόκου) popularly known as the "Mētrópolis", is the cathedral church of the Archbishopric of Athens and all Greece. ...

) ** Monastiraki Square **

Omonoia Square Omonoia Square (, ''Plateía Omonoías'', , "Concord Square", often simply referred to as ''Omónia'' ) is a central square in Athens. Forming the centre of Omonoia. It marks the northern corner of the downtown area defined by the city plans of ...

(''Plateia Omonoias'', Concord Square) ** Pagratiou Square -

Pagrati Pangrati or Pagrati ( el, Παγκράτι) is a neighborhood in Central Athens, Greece, having an estimated population of 35,173 residents. Named after the ancient sanctuary of Hercules Pancrates ("All Powerful"), its frontage runs from Vasil ...

** Syntagma Square (Constitution Square,

: ''Plateia Syntagmatos'') ** Viktoria Square *Suburban Athens: ** Agia Paraskevi Square - Agia Paraskevi ** Iroon Square - Ano Liosia ** Agia Triada Square -

Argyroupoli Argyroupoli ( el, Αργυρούπολη) is a suburb in the southern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Elliniko-Argyroupoli municipality, of which it is the seat and ...

** Chalandriou Square -

Chalandri Chalandri ( el, Χαλάνδρι, Ancient Greek: Φλύα, ''Phlya'') is a suburb in the northern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It is a municipality of the Attica region. Geography Chalandri is a suburb in Northern Athens, around fr ...

** Dourou Square - Chalandri ** Karaiskaki Square -

Ilioupoli Ilioupoli ( el, Ηλιούπολη, " Sun City") is a suburban municipality belongs to Central Athens regional unit and located in the central-southern part of the Athens. Its name is the modern form of the ancient name of Heliopolis in E ...

** Davaki Square ''Plateia Davaki'' -

Kallithea Kallithea (Greek: Καλλιθέα, meaning "beautiful view") is a district of Athens and a municipality in south Athens regional unit. It is the eighth largest municipality in Greece (96,118 inhabitants, 2021 census) and the fourth biggest i ...

, SW of Athens ** Plateia Othonos - Neo Irakleio ** Aristotelous Square, Athens -

Thrakomakedones Thrakomakedones (Greek: Θρακομακεδόνες from Thrace and Macedonia), is a town in the regional unit East Attica, in Attica region, Greece. It is a northern suburb of Athens. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the muni ...

** Iroon Square (''Plateia Iroon'') -

Vrilissia Vrilissia ( el, Βριλήσσια) is a suburban municipality of the North Athens regional unit, in the Attica region. It is located in the Athens basin, at the southwestern foot of the Penteli Mountain. At the 2011 census, the municipality had ...

* Pavlou Mela Square ''Plateia Pavlou Mela'' -

Axioupoli Axioupoli ( el, Αξιούπολη), known until 1927 as Boymitsa (Боймица, Μποέμιτσα), is a small town and a former municipality in the former Paionia Province of Kilkis regional unit, Greek Macedonia. Since the 2011 local gov ...

*Central Square ''Kentriki Plateia'' -

Didymoteicho Didymoteicho ( el, Διδυμότειχο, Didymóteicho ) is a city located on the eastern edge of the Evros regional unit of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, in northeastern Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name. The town ...

* Egon Square - Edessa * Eleftherias Square - Feres *Central Square ''Kentriki Plateia'' -

Filiatra Filiatra ( el, Φιλιατρά), 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. The municipal unit has an area ...

*Central Square ''Kentriki Plateia'' - Fyli * Agia Triada Square -

Glyka Nera Glyka Nera (Greek: Γλυκά Νερά, , meaning "sweet waters", named after an underground water source) is a suburb in the northeastern part of Athens Metropolitan Area. Since the 2011 local government reform it belongs to the East Attica reg ...

* Marathonas Square -

Grammatiko Grammatiko ( el, Γραμματικό) is a village in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Marathon, of which it is a municipal unit. It is part of Athens metropolitan area. Geography Gramm ...

* Bakogiannis Square - Heraklia * Daskalogiannis Square ''Plateia Daskalogianni'' (named after

Daskalogiannis Ioannis Vlachos (), better known as Daskalogiannis (; 1722/30 – 17 June 1771) was a wealthy shipbuilder and shipowner who led a Cretan revolt against Ottoman rule in the 18th century.Detorakis, Turkish rule in Crete, p. 357 Life and career ...

) -

Heraklio Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban Ar ...

* Elefterias Square - ''Plateia Elefterias'' -

Katerini Katerini ( el, Κατερίνη, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Pieria regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, ...

* Agoras Square (meaning Market Square) ''Plateia Agoras'' -

Kilkis Kilkis ( el, Κιλκίς) is a city in Central Macedonia, Greece. As of 2011 there were 22,914 people living in the city proper, 28,745 people living in the municipal unit, and 51,926 in the municipality of Kilkis. It is also the capital city o ...

* Vizyinou Square -

Komotini Komotini ( el, Κομοτηνή, tr, Gümülcine, bg, Комотини) is a city in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Rhodope. It was the administrative centre of the Rhodope-Evros super-p ...

Nikis Square Nikis Square (Greek: ''Plateia Nikis'') 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 ...

- ''Plateia Nikis'' -

Kozani Kozani ( el, Κοζάνη, ) is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of Western Macedonia. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley. The city lies above sea ...

* Lassani Square - ''Plateia Lassani'' - Kozani * Laou Square -

Lamia LaMia Corporation S.R.L., operating as LaMia (short for ''Línea Aérea Mérida Internacional de Aviación''), was a Bolivian charter airline headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, as an EcoJet subsidiary. It had its origins from the failed ...

* Agiou Dimitriou Square -

Lechaina Lechaina ( el, Λεχαινά) 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. The municipal ...

* Christos Elkomenos Square -

Monemvasia Monemvasia ( el, Μονεμβασιά, Μονεμβασία, or ) is a town and municipality in Laconia, Greece. The town is located on a small island off the east coast of the Peloponnese, surrounded by the Myrtoan Sea. The island is connected t ...

*Sapphous Square -

Mytilene Mytilene (; el, Μυτιλήνη, Mytilíni ; tr, Midilli) is the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, and its port. It is also the capital and administrative center of the North Aegean Region, and hosts the headquarters of the University o ...

*Plateia Syntagmatos and Trion Navarchon Square -

Nafplio Nafplio ( ell, Ναύπλιο) is a coastal city located in the Peloponnese in Greece and it is the capital of the regional unit of Argolis and an important touristic destination. Founded in antiquity, the city became an important seaport in the ...

* Patras: ** Agia Sofia Square (in the Agia Sofia neighbourhood) **

Georgiou I Square Georgiou I Square ( el, Πλατεία Γεωργίου Αʹ) is the central square of Patras, Greece. The square is named after King George I of Greece. It is crossed by Maizonos, Korinthou and Gerokostopoulou streets. The neoclassical Apollo ...

(Dimokratias) ** Marouda Square - a square featuring the statue of

Konstantinos Giannias Konstantinos Giannias (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γιαννιάς, 1760–1805) was a Greek klepht who operated in the Peloponnese. Giannias was born in Prostovitsa, a village now known as Drosia in Achaia. He was the brother of Giann ...

** 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 port is a maritime law, maritime facility comprising one or more Wharf, wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge Affreightment, cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can a ...

**A square at the east end of Dimitri Gounari Street near the

Drosia Drosia ( el, Δροσιά, meaning "dew", before 1947: Ρωσσοχώρι - ''Rossochori'') is a suburb in Athens, Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dionysos, of which it is a municipal unit. D ...

neighbourhood **A square in the

Tsivdi Tsivdi (Greek: Τσιβδί, literally meaning "κίβδηλος", "counterfeit") is a List of neighbourhoods in Patras, neighbourhood in the central part of the city of Patras 1 km southwest of the downtown core. The subdivision is bounded wi ...

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 Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saron ...

* Eleftherias Square -

Rhodes Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the S ...

* Eleftherias Square - Servia * Agias Mimas Square -

Spetses Spetses ( el, Σπέτσες, grc, Πιτυούσσα "Pityussa", Arvanitika: Πετσε̱) is an upscale affluent island in Attica, Greece. It is included as one of the Saronic Islands. Until 1948, it was part of the old prefecture of Argolis ...

Aristotelous Square Aristotelous Square ( el, Πλατεία Αριστοτέλους, , Aristotle Square) is the main city square of Thessaloniki, Greece and is located on Nikis avenue (on the city's waterfront), in the city center. It was designed by French architec ...

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

* Eleftherias Square - Thessaloniki *

Kennedy Square ''Kennedy Square'' is a lost 1916 silent film historical drama directed by S. Rankin Drew and starring Antonio Moreno, Muriel Ostriche and Charles Kent. It was produced by the Vitagraph Company of America and released through V-L-S-E.''Pictori ...

, and two others - Tripoli * Riga Fereou Square -

Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...

* Kampana Square - Kefalonia

In Cyprus

Eleftheria Square Eleftheria Square ( el, Πλατεία Ελευθερίας; tr, Eleftheria Meydanı, Özgürlük Meydanı); literally meaning Liberty Square, is the main square in central Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus, in Europe. It forms the intersecti ...

- Nicosia *

Faneromeni Square Faneromeni Square ( el, Πλατεία Φανερωμένης; tr, Faneromeni Meydanı) is an important historical square in Nicosia. It is in an ancient part of Nicosia, within city walls built when it was under Venetian rule. It hosts a num ...

- Nicosia *

Solomos Square Solomos Square ( el, Πλατεία Σολωμού; tr, Solomos Meydanı) is a square at the intersection of Rigenis Street and Omirou Avenue in central Nicosia, Cyprus. It acts as one of the six main bus-hubs of the city, and it is estimated th ...

- Nicosia *

Larnaca Larnaca ( el, Λάρνακα ; tr, Larnaka) is a city on the south east coast of Cyprus and the capital of the district of the same name. It is the third-largest city in the country, after Nicosia and Limassol, with a metro population of 1 ...

* Troodos Square -

Troodos mountains Troodos (sometimes spelled Troödos; el, Τρόοδος ; tr, Trodos Dağları) is the largest mountain range in Cyprus, located in roughly the center of the island. Its highest peak is Mount Olympus ( el, Όλυμπος), also known as Chion ...

; used as a point of reference for meteorological, (time) distance and altitude purposes.

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File:20140417 corfu435.JPG, Spilias Square,

Corfu (city) Corfu (, also ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, ; grc, Κόρκυρα, Kórkyra, ; ; la, Corcyra; sq, Korfuzi) is a city and a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government refor ...

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Psilalonia Psilalonia (Greek: Ψηλαλώνια, literally "ψηλά αλώνια", meaning "high threshing floors") is a square and neighbourhood in the central part of the city of Patras, approximately 1 km away from the downtown city center. Psila ...

Square, Patras File:Kavala centar.jpg, Kapnergati Square,

Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia and the capital of Kavala (regional unit), Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across ...

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Miaouli Square Miaouli Square ( el, Πλατεία Μιαούλη) is a square in the city of Ermoupolis, Syros island in Greece. History The square was designed by the Bavarian architect Wilhelm von Weiler in the early 19th century. It is the main square o ...

Ermoupoli Ermoupoli ( el, Ερμούπολη), also known by the formal older name Ermoupolis or Hermoupolis ( el, < "Town of

Hermes

"), is a to ...

File:Rodi, piazza ippocrate 02.JPG, Ippokratous Square,

Rhodes (city) Rhodes ( el, Ρόδος, ''Ródos'' ) is the principal city and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is the seat and a mu ...

File:Rhodos137.JPG, Square of the Jewish Martyrs,

File:Πλατεία Συντάγματος, Ναύπλιο 7985.jpg, Syntagma Square,

Nafplion Nafplio ( ell, Ναύπλιο) is a coastal city located in the Peloponnese in Greece and it is the capital of the regional unit of Argolis and an important touristic destination. Founded in antiquity, the city became an important seaport in the ...

{{Architecture of Greece * Town squares

Notable squares (''plateies'') in Greece

In Cyprus

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