Sint-Anna-Pede is a village in Itterbeek

Itterbeek

Itterbeek is a village and deelgemeente of Dilbeek.- Toponymy :De community derives its name from the Indo-European words 'eud-' en 'baki' . One of the first mentions dates back to the 12th century, as Itrebecche. In 1176 the village was mentioned as Itterbecca.- History :Itterbeek used to be part...

, which is a deelgemeente

Deelgemeente

A deelgemeente is a subdivision of a gemeente in Belgium and the Netherlands.-Belgium:...

 of Dilbeek

Dilbeek

Dilbeek is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Dilbeek proper, Groot-Bijgaarden, Itterbeek , Schepdaal , Sint-Martens-Bodegem, and Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle...

. It gets its name from the Pedebeek, the stream that flows through the village.

Sint-Anna-Pede got 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 probably there was an older building at the same site.

Attractions

• the Sint-Anna Church
  Sint-Anna Church (Itterbeek)
  The Sint-Anna Church is a Roman Catholic church in Sint-Anna-Pede in Dilbeek), Belgium. It is depicted on The Blind Leading the Blind by Pieter Breughel the Elder.-History:...
  
   : 13th century roman church, restaured in the 17th century in the gotic style. It is depicted on The Blind leading the blind, a painting by Pieter Brueghel the elder
  Pieter Brueghel the Elder
  Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes . He is sometimes referred to as the "Peasant Bruegel" to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel dynasty, but he is also the one generally meant when the context does...
  
  . Protected since 1948.
• 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.