City of Light

(The) City of Light may refer to:

• Paris, France: the city most commonly referred to as the City of Light

Other cities

• 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"
• Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Quanzhou, known as City of Light by the work of the Jewish merchant Jacob d'Ancona
• Las Vegas metropolitan area, United States, as viewed from space, is the brightest city on earth.
• Venice, Veneto, Italy
• Be'er Sheva, Israel. Named by British then-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.

Music

• The City of Light (Hilltop Hoods), 2007 hip-hop album
• City of Light, a 1997 album by Bill Laswell
• City of Light, a 2000 album by Kingdom Heirs
• City of Light (album), an album by The Beneath
• Symphony No. 22 "City of Light" by the American composer Alan Hovhaness

Other uses

• City of Light (novel), a novel by Lauren Belfer
• City of Light Development, Kabul, Afghanistan
• Banaras: City of Light, a book on the city Banaras by Diana Eck

See also

• City of Lights (disambiguation)

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Las Vegas is also the 20th century "city of lights".