The description Paris of the East has been applied to a large number of locations,[1] including:
- Baku, Azerbaijan[2]
- Beirut, Lebanon[3]
- Bucharest, Romania[4]
- Budapest, Hungary[5]
- Isfahan, Iran[6]
- Hanoi, Vietnam[7]
- Istanbul, Turkey[8]
- Kolkata, India[9]
- Kabul, Afghanistan[10]
- Lahore, Pakistan[11]
- Manila, Philippines[12]
- Prague, Czech Republic[13]
- Riga, Latvia[14]
- Saigon, Vietnam[15] (more known as the Pearl of the East)
- Shanghai, China[16]
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Bucharest, Romania -
Hanoi, Vietnam -
Manila, Philippines -
Warsaw, Poland
See also
References
- ^ "Lexical Leavings 82". Gally.net. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ^ Roberts, Sophy (2010-05-14). "Baku's new image". Baku: Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2022-04-20. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
These mansions were bankrolled by the oil barons of the 1900s during the first oil boom when Baku was known as the Paris of the east, the country's oil fields then responsible for half the world's oil production.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mody, Devanshi (28 August 2011). "Esfahan-Paris of the East". Sunday Times. Sri Lanka.
- ^ "Jewels of the Mekong - Vietnam". Travel Media.
- ^ Peddicord, Kathleen (1 August 2014). "Retire To The Paris Of The East For $2,000 A Month Per Couple". HuffPost.
- ^ "Goddess Durga and odes to Asia's Paris". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09.
{{cite news}}: 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".
- ^ "History". LonelyPlanet.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. 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.
- ^ "Gally.net | Writings | Lexical Leavings". www.gally.net.
- ^ "Shanghai bids to be 'Paris of the East' once more". CNN. 2011-06-10. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12.