Paris of the East
The description Paris of the East has been liberally applied to a large number of locations, including:
- Baku, Azerbaijan[1]
- Beirut, Lebanon[2]
- Bucharest, Romania[3]
- Budapest, Hungary[4]
- Esfahan, Iran[5]
- Hanoi, Vietnam[6][7]
- Irkutsk, Russia[8]
- Istanbul, Turkey[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
- Jaipur, India[18]
- Kabul, Afghanistan[19]
- Lahore, Pakistan[20]
- Leipzig, Germany[21]
- Manila, Philippines[22]
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia[23]
- Pondicherry, India[24]
- Prague, Czech Republic[25]
- Riga, Latvia[26]
- Ross Island, India[27]
- Saigon, Vietnam[28] (more commonly known as Pearl of the East)
- Saint Petersburg, Russia[29]
- Shanghai, China[30]
- Warsaw, Poland[31]
Hanoi in French Indochina
Manila, Philippines
See also
- Athens of the South - nickname of Nashville, Tennessee
- Paris of the West (disambiguation)
- Paris of the North (disambiguation)
- Little Paris (disambiguation)
References
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- "Lahore and Istanbul: modernity in the Muslim Imperial city, c.1850-1960".
- "Leipzig – Klein-Paris des Ostens (Little Paris of the East)". Archived from the original on 2013-11-20.
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- "In pictures: Phnom Penh, the Paris of the East". Travel Wire Asia. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
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- "Affordable Prague charms adults and teens alike". CNN. 2009-05-18. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- "Riga Latvia for Tourists". USA Today.
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- "Cities Direct". Archived from the original on 2015-06-10.
- "Shanghai bids to be 'Paris of the East' once more". CNN. 2011-06-10. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12.
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