St. Peter Church, Zurich

E1027086

church landmark medieval church tourist attraction

St. Peter Church in Zurich is a historic medieval church in the city’s Old Town, renowned for having one of the largest clock faces in Europe.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
St. Peter Church, Zürich	4
St. Peter Church, Zurich canonical	2
St. Peter Church (Zürich)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13205034 — 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: St. Peter Church, Zurich
Context triple: [Old Town of Zurich, contains, St. Peter Church, Zurich]

A. Zurich church
The Zurich church is the Reformed ecclesiastical body in Zurich that played a leading role in shaping and endorsing key Protestant confessional documents during the Reformation.
B. Catholic Church of St. Georg Küsnacht
The Catholic Church of St. Georg Küsnacht is a parish church and notable religious landmark in the lakeside municipality of Küsnacht near Zürich, Switzerland.
C. St. Gallen church
St. Gallen church is a historic Reformed church in the Swiss city of St. Gallen, known for its role in the Protestant Reformation and regional ecclesiastical affairs.
D. St. Gotthardt’s Church
St. Gotthardt’s Church is a historic Christian church and architectural landmark located in the German city of Brandenburg an der Havel.
E. St. Peter's Church, Vienna
St. Peter's Church in Vienna is a Baroque Roman Catholic church renowned for its ornate interior, grand dome, and historic location near the Graben in the city center.
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: St. Peter Church, Zurich
Target entity description: St. Peter Church in Zurich is a historic medieval church in the city’s Old Town, renowned for having one of the largest clock faces in Europe.

A. Zurich church
The Zurich church is the Reformed ecclesiastical body in Zurich that played a leading role in shaping and endorsing key Protestant confessional documents during the Reformation.
B. Catholic Church of St. Georg Küsnacht
The Catholic Church of St. Georg Küsnacht is a parish church and notable religious landmark in the lakeside municipality of Küsnacht near Zürich, Switzerland.
C. St. Gallen church
St. Gallen church is a historic Reformed church in the Swiss city of St. Gallen, known for its role in the Protestant Reformation and regional ecclesiastical affairs.
D. St. Gotthardt’s Church
St. Gotthardt’s Church is a historic Christian church and architectural landmark located in the German city of Brandenburg an der Havel.
E. St. Peter's Church, Vienna
St. Peter's Church in Vienna is a Baroque Roman Catholic church renowned for its ornate interior, grand dome, and historic location near the Graben in the city center.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	church ⓘ landmark ⓘ medieval church ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Gothic ⓘ Romanesque ⓘ
city	Zurich ⓘ
cityQuarter	Altstadt (Old Town) Zurich ⓘ linked to: Old Town of Zurich
clockFaceLocation	tower ⓘ
constructionPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
denomination	Protestant ⓘ Reformed ⓘ
floorPlanType	basilica ⓘ
hasBells	church bells ⓘ
hasClockFace	one of the largest in Europe ⓘ
hasClockFaces	four ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	symbol of Zurich’s historic center ⓘ
hasFeature	clock tower ⓘ large clock face ⓘ
hasPart	choir ⓘ nave ⓘ tower ⓘ
heritage	historic monument ⓘ
heritageStatus	listed building in Zurich ⓘ
isTouristAttractionOf	Zurich Old Town ⓘ linked to: Old Town of Zurich
locatedIn	Europe ⓘ Old Town of Zurich ⓘ Zurich ⓘ canton of Zurich ⓘ linked to: Canton of Zürich
locatedNear	Fraumünster Church ⓘ linked to: Fraumünster Grossmünster Church ⓘ linked to: Grossmünster Limmat River NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
municipality	City of Zurich ⓘ linked to: Zurich
notableFor	having one of the largest clock faces in Europe ⓘ
ownership	Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich ⓘ linked to: Reformed Church of Zurich
previousDenomination	Roman Catholic ⓘ
primaryFunction	place of worship ⓘ
region	German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
secondaryFunction	tourist site ⓘ
towerFunction	bell tower ⓘ clock tower ⓘ
use	parish church ⓘ

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