11/27/13

THE GHOSTLY NIGHTCLUBS OF LA BELLE EPOQUE



The decade is the 1890s, height of La Belle Epoque in Paris; the ‘beautiful era’. 
Enter, the Cabaret du Néant. Translation: the Cabaret of Nothingness, but originally known as the ‘Cabaret of Death‘ before horrified authorities objected to the name. Just a stone’s throw from the Moulin Rouge in Montmartre, guests of the Cabaret du Néant would rest their drinks served in imitation human skulls on coffins, which conveniently doubled as tables.



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