Sint-Anna-Pede

Sint-Anna-Pede is a village in Itterbeek, Belgium, which is a deelgemeente of Dilbeek. It gets its name from the Pedebeek, the stream that flows through the village.[1]

Sint-Anna-Pede was already mentioned in the first half of the 12th century as "Pethe"; later also as "capelle beatissima Anna in Peda" and as "apud Pede juxta nova capella", which means that there was possibly an older building at the same site.[2]

Attractions

• the Sint-Anna Church : 13th century Roman church, restored in the 17th century in the Gothic style. It is depicted on The Blind Leading the Blind, a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. It has had Protected status since 1948.[3]
• the Bruegel Museum: 12 large reproductions of landscapes by Pieter Brueghel, who came to the area looking for inspiration.
• the Zeventien bruggen (seventeen bridges): a concrete viaduct of 520m long and 28 m high across the valley of the Pedebeek. Sixteen of the bridges are part of the viaduct, while the seventeenth bridge lies under one of the arches.
• the Klein Sint-Anna-kasteeltje (Small Saint-Anna Castle): Castle where according to the legend Charles V of Spain, Brueghel and Louis Quatorze would have slept.

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  The old café at Sint-Anna-Pede, drawing by Léon van Dievoet, 1936.
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  De Parabel der Blinden.

References

1. Text on the Sint-Anna Church and the village, in Dutch "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-04-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Text on the Sint-Anna Church and the village, in Dutch "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-04-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Website of tourist board of Dilbeek, in Dutch "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-04-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)