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.[1]

Attractions

  • St. Anna's Church : a 13th-century Roman church, restored in the 17th century in the Gothic style. It is depicted in The Blind Leading the Blind, a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. It has had protected status since 1948.[2]
  • the Bruegel Museum: twelve large reproductions of landscapes by Pieter Bruegel, who came to the area looking for inspiration.
  • the Zeventien bruggen (Seventeen bridges): a concrete viaduct of 520 m 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): a castle where, according to legend, Charles V of Spain, Bruegel and Louis XIV of France would have slept.

References

  1. ^ a b 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Website of tourist board of Dilbeek, in Dutch "Toerisme Dilbeek - zien". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-04-25.

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