City of Light

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(The) City of Light may refer to:

  • Paris, France: the city most commonly referred to as the City of Light
Other cities
  • Baltimore, Maryland
  • Varanasi (Banaras), India. Also known as Kashi, "the luminous one", is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
  • Buffalo, New York, United States, as host of the Pan-American Exposition in 1901, Buffalo was perhaps the most extensively lighted city of its time.
  • Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Medina, known officially as al-Madīnah l-Munawwarah ("the enlightened city" or “the radiant city”) or also just as "city of light"
  • Milford, Pennsylvania
  • Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • Quanzhou, known as City of Light by the work of the Jewish merchant Jacob of Ancona
  • Las Vegas metropolitan area, United States, as viewed from space, is the brightest city on earth.
  • Ringoes, New Jersey
  • Venice, Italy
  • Be'er Sheva, Israel. Named by British General Edmund Allenby the "Crown Jewel of the Negev", and the "Desert City of Light"
  • Lyon, France. Also called "La Ville des Lumières" because the City was allegedly saved from the plague by the Virgin Mary. Each year on the 8th of December, "Lyonnais" (people of Lyon) light candles they put on their windowsills or around their homes.
  • Anchorage, Alaska, USA
  • Aurora, Illinois, Chicago, USA
  • Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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