Plataea

Plataea or Plataeae was an ancient Greek city-state situated in near the frontier with at the foot of Mt. Cithaeron, between the mountain and the river , which divided its territory from that of .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city, located in Greece in southeastern Boeotia
  • Also known as: “Mint of Plataea” and “Platæa”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Agia Triada monastery, Plataia.

Church
Photo: Dafniotis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 4 km southwest of Plataea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plataies and Erythres.

Village
Photo: Geraki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, anciently Kokhla, is a village and a former municipality in , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit.

Town
Photo: Geraki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village and a former municipality in the northernmost part of West Attica, . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit. is situated 4 km east of Plataea.

Village
Photo: Geraki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 5 km west of Plataea.

Plataea

Latitude
38.22089° or 38° 13′ 15″ north
Longitude
23.27373° or 23° 16′ 25″ east
Open location code
8GC567CF+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3805264669
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q742538
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Uzbek—“Plataea” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Πλάταια”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Πλαταιαί”
  • Arabic: “بلاتايا”
  • Arabic: “بلاتيا”
  • Arabic: “بلاتيي، فويوتيا”
  • Azerbaijani: “Plateya”
  • Basque: “Platea”
  • Belarusian: “Платэі”
  • Bulgarian: “Платея”
  • Catalan: “Platea”
  • Catalan: “Platees”
  • Chinese: “普拉塔亚”
  • Chinese: “普拉塔亞”
  • Chinese: “普拉塔伊”
  • Chinese: “普拉提亚”
  • Czech: “Plataje”
  • Danish: “Plataea”
  • Danish: “Platæa”
  • Danish: “Platææ”
  • Danish: “Plataiai”
  • Dutch: “Plataea”
  • Dutch: “Plataeae”
  • Finnish: “Plataia”
  • Finnish: “Plataiai”
  • French: “Platees”
  • French: “Platées”
  • Georgian: “პლატეა”
  • German: “Platäa”
  • German: “Platää”
  • German: “Plataiai”
  • Greek: “Πλαταιές”
  • Greek: “Πλαταιίδα”
  • Hebrew: “פלטאיה”
  • Indonesian: “Plataea”
  • Indonesian: “Plataia”
  • Irish: “Platae”
  • Irish: “Plataea”
  • Italian: “Plataia”
  • Italian: “Platea”
  • Japanese: “プラタイア”
  • Japanese: “プラタイアイ”
  • Japanese: “プラテエス”
  • Korean: “플라타이아”
  • Latin: “Plataeae”
  • Latvian: “Platajas”
  • Malay: “Plataea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Plataiai”
  • Norwegian: “Plataiai”
  • Persian: “پلاته”
  • Polish: “Plateje”
  • Portuguese: “Platéia”
  • Portuguese: “Plateias”
  • Portuguese: “Platéias”
  • Romanian: “Plateea”
  • Russian: “Платеи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Plateja”
  • Slovak: “Plataies”
  • Slovak: “Plataje”
  • Slovenian: “Plateja”
  • Spanish: “Platea”
  • Swahili: “Plataia”
  • Swedish: “Plataiai”
  • Tamil: “பிளாட்டீயா”
  • Turkish: “Plataeae”
  • Turkish: “Plataeæ”
  • Ukrainian: “Платеї”
  • Ukrainian: “Платейці”
  • Uzbek: “Plateya”

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