Sint-Anna-Pede

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.
• the Bruegel Museum: 12 large reproductions of landscapes by Pieter Brueghel, who came to the area looking for inspiration.
• the Zeventien bruggen : 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 : Castle where according to the legend Charles V of Spain, Brueghel and Louis Quatorze would have slept.