Belle Époque

variants: or belle époque

Definition of belle epoque

a period of high artistic or cultural development especiallysuch a period in fin de siècle France

 

French for “beautiful era,” a term that describes the period in French history beginning in 1890 and ending at the start of World War I in 1914, which was characterized by optimism, relative peace across Europe, and new discoveries in technology and science.

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