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yellow with a black lion with a red tongue and claws (Flanders).
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The famous "unfinished" St. Martin's Collegiate Church, in
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party. The town has a long-standing folkloric feud with
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Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism
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1114:(born 1958), designer of the common side of the
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631:(1568–1648). It was later taken by the French
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1631:Cnaan Liphshiz (23 October 2019).
1054:(1839–1907), priest and politician
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1186:(born 1964), classical scholar
1060:(born 1939), television writer
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1153:(1967–2020), mayor of Aalst
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1136:(born 1941) founder of
1084:(1911–1988), politician
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