Labraunda sanctuary
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Labraunda sanctuary is an ancient religious complex in Caria, Asia Minor, renowned as a principal cult center of Zeus Labraundos and a key site of Carian identity and Hellenistic architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Labraunda sanctuary canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12817422 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Labraunda sanctuary Context triple: [Carian culture, majorSanctuary, Labraunda sanctuary]
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Kabeirion sanctuary
The Kabeirion sanctuary is an ancient religious site on the Greek island of Lemnos dedicated to the mysterious Kabeiroi deities, associated with chthonic rites, fertility, and initiation cults.
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Sanctuary of Artemis
The Sanctuary of Artemis near ancient Phigaleia in the Peloponnese was a rural Greek religious site dedicated to the goddess Artemis, serving as a local center of worship and ritual in classical antiquity.
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Sanctuary of Heracles
The Sanctuary of Heracles is an ancient Greek religious site on the island of Thasos dedicated to the worship of the hero-god Heracles.
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Sanctuary of Zeus Naios
The Sanctuary of Zeus Naios was the central sacred precinct at Dodona in Epirus, Greece, where one of the oldest Greek oracles operated in a grove sacred to Zeus.
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Sanctuary of Trophonius
The Sanctuary of Trophonius was an ancient Greek oracular cave-shrine in Boeotia where supplicants underwent intense purification and descent rituals to receive prophetic visions from the chthonic hero Trophonius.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Labraunda sanctuary Target entity description: Labraunda sanctuary is an ancient religious complex in Caria, Asia Minor, renowned as a principal cult center of Zeus Labraundos and a key site of Carian identity and Hellenistic architecture.
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A.
Kabeirion sanctuary
The Kabeirion sanctuary is an ancient religious site on the Greek island of Lemnos dedicated to the mysterious Kabeiroi deities, associated with chthonic rites, fertility, and initiation cults.
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B.
Sanctuary of Artemis
The Sanctuary of Artemis near ancient Phigaleia in the Peloponnese was a rural Greek religious site dedicated to the goddess Artemis, serving as a local center of worship and ritual in classical antiquity.
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C.
Sanctuary of Heracles
The Sanctuary of Heracles is an ancient Greek religious site on the island of Thasos dedicated to the worship of the hero-god Heracles.
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D.
Sanctuary of Zeus Naios
The Sanctuary of Zeus Naios was the central sacred precinct at Dodona in Epirus, Greece, where one of the oldest Greek oracles operated in a grove sacred to Zeus.
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E.
Sanctuary of Trophonius
The Sanctuary of Trophonius was an ancient Greek oracular cave-shrine in Boeotia where supplicants underwent intense purification and descent rituals to receive prophetic visions from the chthonic hero Trophonius.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient religious complex
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archaeological site ⓘ |
| altName |
Labraunda
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Sanctuary of Zeus Labraundos ⓘ
linked to:
Sanctuary of Zeus at Labraunda
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| architecturalStyle |
Greek
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Hellenistic ⓘ |
| associatedCulture |
Carian
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Greek ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Carians ⓘ |
| builtInPeriod | Classical period ⓘ |
| connectedBy | sacred road to Mylasa ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Zeus Labraundos ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 600 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Swedish archaeological mission ⓘ |
| excavationsBegan | 1948 ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| function |
festival site
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pilgrimage center ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
andrones
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fortification walls ⓘ processional road ⓘ rock-cut tombs ⓘ sacred spring ⓘ stoas ⓘ temple of Zeus Labraundos ⓘ terraces ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important archaeological heritage site in Turkey ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Carian identity
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Hellenistic architecture ⓘ terrace architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Asia Minor
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Caria ⓘ modern-day Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedOn | mountain slope ⓘ |
| material | local stone ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Milas ⓘ |
| notablePatron |
Idrieus
ⓘ
Mausolus ⓘ |
| patron | Hecatomnid dynasty ⓘ |
| principalCultCenterOf | Zeus Labraundos ⓘ |
| region | Muğla Province ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| significance |
key site for study of Carian-Greek interaction
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major sanctuary of western Asia Minor ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod | Roman period ⓘ |
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Subject: Labraunda sanctuary Description of subject: Labraunda sanctuary is an ancient religious complex in Caria, Asia Minor, renowned as a principal cult center of Zeus Labraundos and a key site of Carian identity and Hellenistic architecture.
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