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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.

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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.1 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, Athens source ↗
Omonia Square, Athens source ↗
Syntagma Square, Athens source ↗
Aristotelous Square, Thessaloniki source ↗
Navarinou Square, Thessaloniki source ↗
Georgiou I Square, Patras source ↗
Lions Square, Heraklion source ↗
Spianada Square, Corfu source ↗

In Cyprus

Faneromeni Square, Nicosia source ↗
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