Impressionist painters, the Folies Berg\xe8res, the city\u2019s art-deco style metro stations and its grandest cafes all date from the Belle \xc9poque, the 40 year period so well captured in Toulouse Lautrec\u2019s quintessentially Parisian posters. It is the era when the Op\xe9ra Garnier, the Eiffel Tower and the Gal\xe9ries Lafayette were built, a time when Paris seemed to be the centre of the civilised world. The episode looks at a little history and takes you on a tour of the places where you can still glimpse Belle \xc9poque Paris today.\nhttps://www.citybreakspodcast.co.uk