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Belgium's contributions to art and architecture are wonderfully rich
Many cities, notably Ghent, Bruges and Louvain have preserved their medieval art and architecture, attracting thousands of tourists every year
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15th century |
Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden |
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16th century |
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1525-1569, the most famous of a family line of painters through the 16th and 17th centuries. His immediate successor was his son, Pieter Brueghel the Younger 1564-1638.
(The name has various spellings; Breugel the Elder was the only one to sign without an "h".) |
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Baroque |
Rubens, Van Dyke |
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20th century |
James Ensor, René Magritte |
Writers – Maurice Maeterlink, Georges Simenon, Hergé (adventures of Tintin)
Sport – Eddy Merckz, greatest cyclist ever, Tennis – Kim Clysters, Justine Henin
Food – Waffles, chocolate, French fries (French is the way the potatoes are cut)
– Over 500 varieties of beer
Universities: 5 Flemish and 3 French – many of them high in European and world ranking.
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