Exarcheia Square

{{Short description|Building in Exarcheia, Athens, Greece}}

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| native_name = Πλατεία Εξαρχείων

| image = Exarchia square Athens.jpg

| location = Exarcheia, Athens

| coordinates = {{coord|37|59|11.6|N|23|44|5.5|E|format=dms|display=title}}

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Exarcheia Square is located in the Exarcheia neighborhood of Athens and it is considered the center of the neighborhood. The square is a gathering place for people of all ages, but especially young people, and many activities organized by anti-authoritarian or anti-establishment groups take place there.{{Cite web |last=Manoussaki-Adamopoulou |first=Alex King and Ioanna |date=2019-08-26 |title=Inside Exarcheia: the self-governing community Athens police want rid of |url=http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/aug/26/athens-police-poised-to-evict-refugees-from-squatted-housing-projects |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}

The center of the square was decorated until September 2022 by a sculpture called "Τρεις Έρωτες" ("Three Loves"), dated back to 1909.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-05 |title=Τρεις μικροί μπαρόκ έρωτες με δίδυμα αδέρφια στο κέντρο της Αθήνας {{!}} LiFO |url=https://www.lifo.gr/tropos-zois/living/treis-mikroi-mparok-erotes-me-didyma-aderfia-sto-kentro-tis-athinas |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=www.lifo.gr |language=el}} The sculpture was removed due to the works for the construction of a metro station for the Line 4 of the Athens metro.{{Cite web |title=Ξήλωσαν το άγαλμα-σύμβολο της πλατείας Εξαρχείων |url=https://www.efsyn.gr/ellada/koinonia/360334_xilosan-agalma-symbolo-tis-plateias-exarheion |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών |language=el-GR}} The construction of the aforementioned station has sparked controversies and a series of protests against it, on grounds of destroying part of the area's few green spaces and contributing to the gentrification of a historically politically active neighborhood.{{Cite web |title=«Οι λαμαρίνες της ντροπής» στην πλατεία Εξαρχείων |url=https://www.efsyn.gr/stiles/apopseis/356449_oi-lamarines-tis-ntropis-stin-plateia-exarheion |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών |language=el-GR}}{{Cite web |last=Κριεμπάρδη |first=Γεωργία |date=2022-08-18 |title=Εξάρχεια, ο λογαριασμός αφορά όλους μας… |url=https://thepressproject.gr/exarcheia-o-logariasmos-afora-olous-mas/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=The Press Project - Ειδήσεις, Αναλύσεις, Ραδιόφωνο, Τηλεόραση |language=el}}