Editing Plateia

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'''Plateia''' or '''Platia''' (''πλατεία'') is the [[Greek language|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]].<ref>La pianta greca della città di Napoli https://www.visitnaples.eu/napoletanita/percorri-napoli/la-griglia-regolare-della-citta-di-napoli-castra-cardi-e-decumani</ref> 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==
[[File:Athens - Kotzia square and city hall - 20060508.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Kotzia Square]], [[Athens]]]]
[[File:Omonoia-Athens4.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Omonia Square]], Athens]]
[[File:Attica 06-13 Athens 04 Syntagma.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Syntagma Square]], Athens]]
[[File:Aristotelous-Plateia.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Aristotelous Square]], [[Thessaloniki]]]]
[[File:20160516 350 thessaloniki.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Navarinou Square]], Thessaloniki]]
[[File:King George square in Patra.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Georgiou I Square]], [[Patras]]]]
[[File:Morosini Fountain in Heracleion, Crete island, Greece 001.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Lions Square]], [[Heraklion]]]]
[[File:20140417 corfu147.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Spianada Square]], [[Corfu]]]]

*[[Athens]]:
**[[Amerikis Square]] - [[Patissia]]
**[[Eleftherias Square]]
**[[Exarcheion Square]] - [[Exarcheia]]
**[[Iroon Square]] - [[Psyri]]
**[[Karaiskaki Square]] - [[Metaxourgeio]]
**[[Klauthmonos Square]]
**[[Koliatsou Square]]
**[[Kolonaki Square]] - [[Kolonaki]]
**[[Kotzia Square]] (by the city hall of Athens)
**[[Koumoundourou Square]]
**[[Kypselis Square]] - [[Kypseli, Athens]]
**[[Lysikratous Square]] - [[Plaka]]
**[[Mavili Square]]
**[[Mitropoleos Square]] (by the [[Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens]])
**[[Monastiraki Square]]
**[[Omonoia Square]] (''Plateia Omonoias'', Concord Square)
**[[Pagratiou Square]] - [[Pagkrati|Pagrati]]
**[[Syntagma Square]] (Constitution Square, [[Greek language|Greek]]: ''Plateia Syntagmatos'')
**[[Viktoria Square]]
*Suburban Athens:
**[[Agia Paraskevi Square]] - [[Agia Paraskevi]]
**[[Iroon Square]] - [[Ano Liosia]]
**[[Agia Triada Square (Argyroupoli)|Agia Triada Square]] - [[Argyroupoli]]
**[[Chalandriou Square]] - [[Chalandri]]
**[[Dourou Square]] - Chalandri
**[[Karaiskaki Square]] - [[Ilioupoli]]
**[[Davaki Square]] ''Plateia Davaki'' - [[Kallithea]], SW of Athens
**[[Plateia Othonos]] - [[Neo Irakleio]]
**[[Aristotelous Square, Athens]] - [[Thrakomakedones]]
**[[Iroon Square]] (''Plateia Iroon'') - [[Vrilissia]]
*[[Pavlou Mela Square]] ''Plateia Pavlou Mela'' - [[Axioupoli]]
*Central Square ''Kentriki Plateia'' - [[Didymoteicho]]
*[[Egon Square]] - [[Edessa, Greece|Edessa]]
*[[Eleftherias Square]] - [[Feres (Evros), Greece|Feres]]
*Central Square ''Kentriki Plateia'' - [[Filiatra]]
*Central Square ''Kentriki Plateia'' - [[Fyli]]
*[[Agia Triada Square]] - [[Glyka Nera]]
*[[Marathonas Square]] - [[Grammatiko]]
*[[Bakogiannis Square]] - [[Irakleia, Serres|Heraklia]]
*[[Daskalogiannis Square]] ''Plateia Daskalogianni'' (named after [[Daskalogiannis]]) - [[Heraklio]]
*[[Elefterias Square]] - ''Plateia Elefterias'' - [[Katerini]]
*[[Agoras Square]] (meaning Market Square) ''Plateia Agoras'' - [[Kilkis]]
*[[Vizyinou Square]] - [[Komotini]]
*[[Nikis Square]] - ''Plateia Nikis'' - [[Kozani]]
*[[Lassani Square]] - ''Plateia Lassani'' - Kozani
*[[Laou Square]] - [[Lamia (city)|Lamia]]
*[[Agiou Dimitriou Square]] - [[Lechaina]]
*[[Christos Elkomenos Square]] - [[Monemvasia]]
*Sapphous Square - [[Mytilene]]
*Plateia Syntagmatos and [[Trion Navarchon Square]] - [[Nafplio]]
*[[Patras]]:
**[[Agia Sofia Square]] (in the [[Agia Sofia, Patras|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, Patras|Pyrosvesteio]] neighborhood)
**A square in the [[Agios Andreas, Patras|Agios Andreas]] neighborhood by [[Trion Navarcheion Street]]
**A square in the [[Agios Dionyssios, Patras|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, Patras|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]]
*[[Eleftherias Square (Rhodes)|Eleftherias Square]] - [[Rhodes]]
*[[Eleftherias Square (Servia)|Eleftherias Square]] - [[Servia, Greece|Servia]]
*[[Agias Mimas]] Square - [[Spetses]]
*[[Aristotelous Square]] - [[Thessaloniki]]
*[[Eleftherias Square]] - Thessaloniki
*[[Kennedy Square]], and two others - [[Tripoli, Greece|Tripoli]]
*[[Riga Fereou Square]] - [[Volos]]
*[[Kampana Square]] - [[Kefalonia]]

==In Cyprus==
[[File:NICOSIA, 11 AUGUST, 2011 162.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Faneromeni Square]], [[Nicosia]]]]

*[[Eleftheria Square]] - [[Nicosia]] 
*[[Faneromeni Square Nicosia|Faneromeni Square]] - [[Nicosia]]
*[[Solomos Square]] - [[Nicosia]]
*[[Eleftheria Square Larnaca|Eleftheria Square]] - [[Larnaca]] 
*[[Troodos Square]] - [[Troodos Mountains]]; used as a point of reference for meteorological, (time) distance and altitude purposes.

==See also==
* [[Agora]]
* [[List of city squares]]
* [[List of fountains in Greece]]
* [[Market square]]
* [[Town square]]
* [[Roman Forum]]
* [[Forum (Roman)]]

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
File:20160516 218 thessaloniki.jpg|[[Agias Sofias Square]], [[Thessaloniki]]
File:20140417 corfu435.JPG|Spilias Square, [[Corfu (city)]]
File:Ipsila Alonia Square, Patra.JPG|[[Psilalonia]] Square, [[Patras]]
File:Kavala centar.jpg|Kapnergati Square, [[Kavala]]
File:Syros emoupolis rathaus 240707.jpg|[[Miaouli Square]], [[Ermoupoli]]
File:Rodi, piazza ippocrate 02.JPG|Ippokratous Square, [[Rhodes (city)]]
File:Rhodos137.JPG|Square of the Jewish Martyrs, [[Rhodes (city)]]
File:Πλατεία Συντάγματος, Ναύπλιο 7985.jpg|Syntagma Square, [[Nafplion]]
</gallery>

==References==
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