la Belle Époque

From French la Belle Époque.

la Belle Époque

1. Alternative form of Belle Époque.
   • 2015 November 17, Tom Holland, “Isil terrorists know next to nothing about Islamic history”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph‎^[1], London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 March 2016:

     It was not the city of la Belle Époque, though, that featured in the communiqué justifying the attacks on the French capital.

   • 2017 June 1, Marilyn Stasio, “Paris Poisoners and a Pioneering Female Detective: Your True Crime Books for the Beach”, in The New York Times Book Review‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 June 2017:

     Let’s end this on a classy note, by returning to Paris during la Belle Époque, when everyone knew how to dress.

   • 2018 February 6, Reed Alexander, “Travelers rated this luxury hotel the best in the US”, in New York Post‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 February 2018:

     The property was reopened in summer 2016 after an extensive restoration bringing it back to the gilded glory of la Belle Époque.

   • 2021 January 9, Kelsey Ables, “In [Edward] Hopper’s early Paris paintings, reflections of today’s strange, desolate cities”, in The Washington Post‎^[4], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 January 2021:

     Hopper traveled to Paris in 1906 during the waning la Belle Époque, “the Beautiful Era,” leading to World War I. It was the Paris of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s tangled lunchers and Gustave Caillebotte’s sauntering flâneur.