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The IndependentAntwerp, start of the 17th century. That Italian-in-style Baroque villa is now Rubens House, a museum dedicated to Flemish art’s most famous son and one of Antwerp’s star attractions. This beautiful urban palace centres around a stunning Italian-style piazza, and visitors can peek into Rubens’ house and studio – it’s living art history. Canal culture in Ghent The recently restored Ghent Altarpiece by two other heavyweights of the Flemish art movement – the Van Eyck brothers – has just been renovated, and now takes pride of place at St Bavo’s Cathedral, which is also the resting place for Van Eyck’s Mystic Lamb, which has a very eventful history. No visit would be complete without a shot of art history, which comes in the form of 15th century Leuven city painter Dieric Bouts, whose Last Supper is hanging in St. Peter’s Church.
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