Olgas Square

For other uses, see Olga (disambiguation).

Olgas Square (Greek: Πλατεία Όλγας, Plateia Olgas) is the older and popular name for the Ethnikis Antistaseos Square (Πλατεία Εθνικής Αντιστάσεως, Plateia Ethnikis Antistaseos) in the city of Patras, Greece.

Location and history

The square is defined by the Aratou Street in the northeast, Maizonos Street in the southeast, Kolokotroni Street in the southwest and Riga Feraiou Street in the northwest. Originally the square was intended as a market, but it was planted with trees and became a public square known as "the Queen's garden" («της βασίλισσας το περιβόλι»). Its original name was Omonoia Square (Πλατεία Ομονοίας, "Concord Square"), but it was renamed after Queen Olga of Greece – the city's other major central square, Georgiou I Square, is named after Queen Olga's husband, King George I of Greece.

After the fall of the Greek monarchy in 1974, the square was officially renamed to Ethnikis Antistaseos ("National Resistance Square") after the Greek Resistance against the Axis Occupation of Greece during World War II. A marble monument to the Resistance forms a centerpiece of the square. The square is lined with cafes and restaurants, making it very popular especially during the summer months.

Sources

"Ethnikis Antistaseos Square (Olga's)". Patras Municipality. Retrieved 12-03-2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

Coordinates: 38°14′57″N 21°44′15″E / 38.2492°N 21.7375°E / 38.2492; 21.7375

Major squares in Greece

Athens	Avdi Square Klafthmonos Square Kolonaki Square Kotzia Square Monastirakiou Square Omonoia Square Syntagma Square

Piraeus	Korai Square Terpsitheas Square

Thessaloniki	Aristotelous Square Agias Sofias Square Antigonidon Square Eleftherias Square Navarinou Square

Patras	Georgiou I Square Olgas (Ethnikis Antistaseos) Square Psilalonia Square Trion Symmachon Square

Heraklion	Eleftheriou Venizelou (Lions) Square

Corfu (city)	Spianada Square Spilias Square

Chania	Eleftherias Square Eleftheriou Venizelou Square Splantza Square

Rhodes (city)	Eleftherias Square Hippokratous Square Evraion Martyron Square

Ermoupoli	Miaouli Square

Nafplion	Syntagma Square Filellinon Square

List of squares in Greece

Streets and squares in Patras

Streets	Othonos-Amalias Avenue Trion Navarchon Street Eleftheriou Venizelou Street

Squares	Georgiou I Square Olgas Square

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