Sint-Anna-Pede is a village in
Itterbeek
Itterbeek is a historical village in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium, and since 1977 a submunicipality of Dilbeek.
Toponymy
The village derives its name from the Indo-European words 'eud-' (water) en 'baki' (stream). One of the first ...
,
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
, which is a
deelgemeente
A deelgemeente (, literally ''part-municipality'') or section ( French) is a subdivision of a municipality in Belgium and, until March 2014, in the Netherlands as well.
Belgium
Each municipality in Belgium that existed as a separate entity on 1 J ...
of
Dilbeek
Dilbeek () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Dilbeek proper, Groot-Bijgaarden, Itterbeek (with Sint-Anna-Pede), Schepdaal (with Sint-Gertrudis-Pede), ...
. It gets its name from the Pedebeek, the stream that flows through the village.
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.
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
"The blind leading the blind" is an idiom and a metaphor in the form of a parallel phrase, it is used to describe a situation where a person who knows nothing is getting advice and help from another person who knows almost nothing.
History
The ...
'', a painting by
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder (, ; ; – 9 September 1569) was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so-called genr ...
. It has had Protected status since 1948.
[Website of tourist board of Dilbeek, in ]Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
* 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.
Image:Le café de Pede Ste-Anne, Léon van Dievoet,19.9.1936 (269 x 173 mm).jpg, The old café at Sint-Anna-Pede, drawing by Léon van Dievoet, 1936.
File:Притча о слепых.jpeg, De Parabel der Blinden.
References
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Dilbeek
Populated places in Flemish Brabant