Paris of the East
The description Paris of the East has been applied to a large number of locations,[1] including:
- Beirut, Lebanon[2]
- Bucharest, Romania[3]
- Budapest, Hungary[4]
- Esfahan, Iran[5]
- Hanoi, Vietnam[6]
- Irkutsk, Russia[7]
- Istanbul, Turkey[8]
- Jaipur, India[9]
- Kabul, Afghanistan[10]
- Lahore, Pakistan[11]
- Leipzig, Germany[12]
- Manila, Philippines[13]
- Prague, Czech Republic[14]
- Riga, Latvia[15]
- Ross Island, India[16]
- Saigon, Vietnam[17] (more known as the Pearl of the East)
- Saint Petersburg, Russia[18]
- Shanghai, China[19]
- Warsaw, Poland[20]
Hanoi in French Indochina
Manila, Philippines
See also[]
- Paris of the West
- Paris of the North
- Paris of the South
- Paris of the plains
- Paris of the Prairies
- Little Paris (disambiguation)
References[]
- ^ "Lexical Leavings 82". www.gally.net. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (2006-11-22). "Paris of the east? More like Athens on speed". London: The Guardian.
- ^ "Bucharest, the small Paris of the East". Archived from the original on 2006-02-21.
- ^ "Fall in love with the 'Paris of the East'". Archived from the original on 2012-04-04.
- ^ "Esfahan-Paris of the East".
- ^ "Hanoi".
- ^ "The City of Irkutsk". Baikal Info.
- ^ "Huffington Post: Retire to the Paris of the East".
- ^ "Goddess Durga and odes to Asia's Paris". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ Elisabeth Bumiller (17 October 2009). "Remembering Afghanistan's Golden Age". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "History". LonelyPlanet.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ross Island".
- ^ "Lexical Leavings".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Warsaw: Past and Present of the city".
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- City nicknames
- Culture of Paris
- Asian culture