Sint Annaparochie
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Sint Annaparochie is the capital and largest town of the municipality of Het Bildt in Friesland. It lies approximately 15 km. northwest of Leeuwarden and has approximately four thousand inhabitants. The town is named after Saint Anne, the mother of Mary.
St. Annaparochie was founded in the 16th century. Though it is located in the province of Friesland, the principle language spoken in the town is Dutch, not Frisian.
Rembrandt was married in the parish church in St. Annaparochie in 1634.
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