are criss-crossed by canals. St. Petersburg (Fig. 36.4) in Russia has used the name,
as has Bangkok claiming the label of Venice-of-Asia and in the United States there
are even cities called Venice, in Florida and Venice Beach in California (Fig. 36.5).
Surprisingly, Ghent (Flemish Gent, French Gand), on the confluence of Leie
(French Lys) and Scheldt rivers (in Flemish Schelde, French Escaut, Latin Scaldis),
like Venice, is built on several islands, but never banked on the name of Venice.
Perhaps this is why Ghent is usually eclipsed by Bruges when tourists plan their
visits to Belgium.
Cities called Venice of the North
Cities called Venice of the East
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Barisal, Bangladesh
Bruges, Belgium
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Annecy, France
Fenghuang, China
Geithoorn, Netherlands
Lijiang, China
Hamburg, Germany
Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
Tai'erzhuang, Shandong Province, China
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Tongli, China
Stockholm, Sweden
Wuzhen, China
Wroclaw, Poland
Zhouzhuang, China
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Nan Madol, Federated States of
Micronesia
Venice Beach, California
Alleppy, Kerala, India
Tigre, Argentina
Kerala Backwaters and Alappuzha, India
Copenhagen, Denmark
Srinagar, India
Nantes, France
Udaipur, India
Sète, France
Osaka, Japan
San Antonio, Texas
Malacca, Malaysia
Manila, Philippines
Sitangkai, Tawi-tawi, Philippines
Venice of Ireland Ayutthaya, Thailand
Venice of Brazil
Can Tho, Vietnam
Venice
of the Canaries
Hanoi, Vietnam
Venice of the Middle East
Fig. 36.1 Venice-of-the-“fill in the blank”
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