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:''In Flanders fields.
:''In Flanders fields.
Flanders will be president of the network of 73 regions with legislative powers in Europe for 2008 . <ref>[http://www.flanders.be/servlet/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1166590837392&context=1166590833692--EN&p=1166590837082&pagename=flanders_site%2FView Flanders is president of REGLEG (Tuesday 1 January 2008)]
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== Culture ==
The thriving international trade during the Middle Ages led to a natural openness towards other cultures that then gave Flanders its own rich and internationally-oriented culture.
In the field of classical music, there were the Flemish Polyphonists, such as Josquin des Prez, then the Michelangelo of music, and Orlandus Lassus.
Flemish painting from that period reigned supreme and has now become a by-word in the worldwide history of art. Works of Flemish Primitives such as the Van Eyck brothers, Dirk Bouts, Rogier van der Weyden, Hans Memling and Jeroen Bosch hang in the world’s foremost museums.
During the sixteenth and seventeenth century, succeeded the brilliant [[Peter Bruegel|Pieter Bruegel]], [[Peter Paul Rubens|Pieter Paul Rubens]] and [[Antony van Dyck|Antoon Van Dyck]]. <ref>[http://www.flanders.be/servlet/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1166590837701&context=1166590833692--EN&p=1166590837082&pagename=flanders_site%2FView Culture]
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== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Netherlands]]
*[[Netherlands]]
*[[Flemish Painting Schools]]
*[[Flemish School of Painting]]
== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Europe]]