Moulin Rouge (1)

Moulin Rouge is French for Red Mill. It is a cabaret in the district of Pigalle in Paris, and was founded in 1889, during the Belle Époque, a period characterised by optimism and new scientific discoveries. The club's decor still contains much of the romance of fin de siècle France. There is a red windmill on its roof. It is where the can-can dance originated. The post-impressionist painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec provided the publicity poster in 1891 from which all kinds of products have since been made, including this coaster which I have used in the photograph.

Nikon D90 and Soligor C/D 80-200mm f/4.5 Zoom in Macro setting. Manual; 800 ISO for dim light; 1/100th at f/5.6.