Large hotels were built during the Belle Époque ; cog-railways, built early in the 20th century, brought tourists to ever higher elevations, with the Jungfraubahn terminating at the Jungfraujoch after going through a tunnel in Eiger.

King Edward VII oversaw a partial redecoration in a Belle Époque cream and gold colour scheme.

Honeymoons in the modern sense ( i. e. a pure holiday voyage undertaken by the married couple ) became widespread during the Belle Époque, as one of the first instances of modern mass tourism.

The latter half of the Victorian age roughly coincided with the first portion of the Belle Époque era of continental Europe and the Gilded Age of the United States.

* October 30 – Louise Abbéma French painter, sculptor, and designer of the Belle Époque ( d. 1927 )

* January 1903: the Moulin Rouge reopened after renovation and improvement work carried out by Niermans, the most “ Parisian ” architect of the Belle Époque ( amongst other works he designed the brasserie Mollard, the Paris Casino, the Folies Bergère in Paris, the Palace Hôtel in Ostend in Belgium, the rebuilding of the Hôtel du Palais in Biarritz and the creation of the Hôtel Négresco on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice ).

This expression derives from clash of cultures, already used during the colonial period and the Belle Époque.

* Georges Feydeau ( 1862 – 1921 ), playwright of La Belle Époque

Georges Feydeau (, 8 December 1862 – 5 June 1921 ) was a French playwright of the era known as the Belle Époque.

While Europe was celebrating its Belle Époque ( Victorian era ), Ponce followed suit with its own exposition fair, the Ponce Fair.

The Edwardian period corresponds to the French Belle Époque period.

Napoleon III refurbished the château and Pau adding streets of Belle Époque architecture, before the fashion transferred to Biarritz.

The late 19th century, known as the Belle Époque, with its Fin de siècle retrospectively appeared as a " golden age " of European culture, cut short by the outbreak of World War I in 1914.

In the new town the Belle Époque Austro-Hungarian train station is notable.

Ottoman military reform efforts began after the Belle Époque of European civilization.

The Bonnot Gang ( La Bande à Bonnot ) was a French criminal anarchist group that operated in France and Belgium during the Belle Époque, from 1911 to 1912.

It has connotations of decadence, which are seen as typical for the last years of a culturally vibrant period ( La Belle Époque at the turn of the 19th to 20th century and until World War I ), and of anticipative excitement about, or despair facing, impending change, or both, that is generally expected when a century or time period draws to a close.

The Belle Époque was not even at its height in 1900, nor had the Edwardian era ( almost seamlessly following the Victorian era ) even started.

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A French poster from 1894 by Jules Chéret that captures the vibrant spirit of the Belle Époque.

The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque (; French for " Beautiful Era ") was a period in French history that is conventionally dated as starting in 1890 and ending when World War I began in 1914.

In the sound era McCarey ventured into feature-film direction, working with many of the biggest stars of the era, including Gloria Swanson ( Indiscreet, 1931 ), Eddie Cantor ( The Kid From Spain, 1932 ), the Marx Brothers ( Duck Soup, 1933 ), W. C. Fields ( Six of a Kind, 1934 ), Mae West ( Belle of the Nineties, 1934 ), and Harold Lloyd ( The Milky Way, 1936 ).

In the United Kingdom, the Belle Époque overlapped with the late Victorian era and the Edwardian era, and in Germany, the Belle Époque coincided with the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Those who were able to benefit from the prosperity of the era were drawn towards new forms of light entertainment during the Belle Epoque, and the Parisian bourgeoisie, or the successful Industrialists called nouveau-riches, became increasingly influenced by the habits and fads of the city's elite social class, known popularly as Tout-Paris (" all of Paris ", or " everyone in Paris ").

The Belle Époque was an era of great scientific and technological advancement in Europe and the world in general.

The palatial style was a reminiscent of the Belle Epoque, which is how the French refer to the architecture of the Victorian era in England.

Per the 1960s sitcom, Grandmama is of partially French descent ; her Great-Great-Grandmother Slice was " the Belle of the French Revolution ," and Grandmama sometimes regaled Pugsley and Wednesday with tales of that era, prompting Wednesday's hobby of decapitating her dolls.

During the Edwardian era, or Belle Epoque, the s-shaped figure was fashionable, which included a very narrow waist.

Other professional performances include a modern-dress production staged at the Arcola Theatre in London in October – November 2009, directed by Mitchell Moreno, with Dominic Rowan as Hieronimo, as well as a production in Belle Époque era costume, sataged by Theatre Pro Rata in Minneapolis in March 2010, directed by Carin Bratlie.

The album was only available during this Christmas period, and featured Belle & Sebastian and Snow Patrol, as well as numerous other bands such as The Flaming Lips and Teenage Fanclub.

Concentrating on two plays and two novels from the period — Victorien Sardou's Madame Sans-Gêne ( 1893 ), Maurice Barrès's Les Déracinés ( 1897 ), Edmond Rostand's L ' Aiglon ( 1900 ), and André de Lorde and Gyp's Napoléonette ( 1913 ) Datta examines how writers and critics of the Belle Epoque exploited the Napoleonic legend for diverse political and cultural ends.

The French public's nostalgia for the Belle Epoque period was based largely on the peace and prosperity connected with it in retrospect.

Indeed, for many Europeans in the Belle Époque period, transnational, class-based affiliations were as important as national identities, particularly among aristocrats.

The femme fatale flourished in the Romantic period in the works of John Keats, notably " La Belle Dame sans Merci " and " Lamia ".

A letter addressed to the friends of Oliver Sipple was on display for a short period after his death at one of his favorite hangouts, the New Belle Saloon:

He was the first player in the major leagues to hit two such home runs in a four-day period since Albert Belle did it in 1995, and he was the first Phillie to hit two such in a season since Von Hayes hit two in 1989.

It was also during this period when Armour married Malvina Belle Ogden in 1862.

A new period of economic properity known as the the Belle Epoque restored some of the glory of Stanislas's ducal court of the eighteenth century.

During the " Belle Époque " the Cap-Ferrat was already the vacation resort of the world elite: the great names of this world came there, in winter period, to profit from its climate and the quality of life.

According to Rayward, his ideas placed him culturally and intellectually in the Belle Époque period of pre-World-War-I Europe, a period of great " cultural certitude ".

Insisting that the period was not that of an economic miracle, but a mere catching up following an economic lag, the French historian Jacques Marseille noted that if the economy had constantly grown at the same rate as that of the « Belle Époque », the wealth would have been the same at the beginning of the 1970s as that actually reached after the Trente glorieuses.

During the period, Kentuckian Sallie Ward of Louisville was the most noted belle in the South, and her portrait, which hangs in the Speed Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, is often called " The Southern Belle.

During this period he met eighteen-year old actress, Josette Day, ( later “ Belle ” in Cocteau ’ s film “ La Belle et la Bête ,” ) who became his mistress.

During this period he painted a confrontation of Beauty and Death, Deux jeunes filles — La Belle Rosine ( 1847 ), which remains perhaps his most famous work.