Paris of the East
The description Paris of the East has been liberally applied to a large number of locations, including:
- Malatya,Turkey (According to some of the greatest legends people also say that Paris is the Malatya of the west.)
- Baku, Azerbaijan[1]
- Bandung, Indonesia[2]
- Beirut, Lebanon[3]
- Bucharest, Romania[4]
- Budapest, Hungary[5]
- Esfahan, Iran[6]
- Hanoi, Vietnam[7]
- Irkutsk, Russia[8]
- Kabul, Afghanistan[9]
- Jaipur, India[10]
- Leipzig, Germany[11]
- Manila, Philippines[12]
- Pondicherry, India[13]
- Prague, Czech Republic[14]
- Riga, Latvia[15]
- Ross Island(Andaman Islands), India[16]
- Sài Gòn,"La Perle de l'Extrême-Orient", Vietnam[17]
- Saint Petersburg, Russia[18]
- Shanghai, China[19]
- Warsaw, Poland[20]
See also
- Paris of the West (disambiguation)
- Paris of the North (disambiguation)
- Little Paris (disambiguation)
- List of places called Venice of the East
- Venice of the North
References
- ↑ "Paris of the East, Venice of the North: cities that don't know their place".
- ↑ "Introducing Bandung".
- ↑ Cooke, Rachel (2006-11-22). "Paris of the east? More like Athens on speed". London: The Guardian.
- ↑ "Bucharest, the small Paris of the East".
- ↑ "Fall in love with the 'Paris of the East'".
- ↑ "Esfahan-Paris of the East".
- ↑ "Hanoi".
- ↑ "The City of Irkutsk". Baikal Info.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/weekinreview/18bumiller.html?_r=0
- ↑ "Goddess Durga and odes to Asia's Paris". Asia Times.
- ↑ "Leipzig – Klein-Paris des Ostens (Little Paris of the East)".
- ↑ "History". LonelyPlanet.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- ↑ "The Paris of the East".
- ↑ "Affordable Prague charms adults and teens alike". CNN. 2009-05-18. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ↑ "Riga Latvia for Tourists". USA Today.
- ↑ "Ross Island".
- ↑ "Lexical Leavings".
- ↑ "Cities Direct".
- ↑ "Shanghai bids to be 'Paris of the East' once more". CNN. 2011-06-10.
- ↑ "Warsaw: Past and Present of the city".
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