The architecture of Paris created during the Belle Époque, between 1871 and the beginning of the First World War in 1914, was notable for its variety of different styles, from neo-Byzantine and neo-Go
The interior of the department store Galeries Lafayette (1912)
The Trocadero Palace, built in a Neo-Moorish or Neo-Byzantine style for the Universal Exposition of 1878, was also used in the Expositions of 1889 and 1900.
The Gallery of Machines of the 1889 Exposition. It was the largest covered space in the world when it was built by the engineer Victor Contamin.
The Grand Palais (1900) had a neoclassical facade concealing a cathedral-like glass and iron exhibit hall.
Belle Époque
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The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque was a period of French and European history that began after the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 and continued until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Occ
Paris architecture of the Belle Époque
…The architecture of Paris created during the Belle Époque, between 1871 and the beginning of the First World War in 1914, was notable for its variety of different styles, from neo-Byzantine and neo-Gothic to…
1900 World's Fair in Paris, France
Grand foyer of the Folies Bergère cabaret
Art Nouveau style coffee service in Meissen Porcelain, by Theodor Grust, 1902
Europe during the Belle Époque (1911)