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Feb 2021
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Flandes, un lugar único en la historia d...

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En apenas 13.000 kilómetros cuadrados, en la pequeña región de Flandes, al norte de Bélgica se concentra mucho arte. La zona puede presumir de ser un territorio mundialmente conocido sobre todo por los amantes del arte gracias a que artistas de la talla de Van Eyck, Bruegel El Viejo y Rubens movieron sus pinceles en esta tierra. 
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