City of Temples
E173527
City of Temples is a nickname for Kathmandu, highlighting its dense concentration of historic Hindu and Buddhist temples and shrines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| City of Temples canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1529695 — 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: City of Temples Context triple: [Kathmandu, knownAs, City of Temples]
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A.
Tower of the Sun
The Tower of the Sun is an iconic avant-garde sculpture by artist Tarō Okamoto that served as the symbolic centerpiece of Expo ’70 in Osaka, Japan.
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B.
Ciudad de los Reyes
Ciudad de los Reyes is the historical name of Lima, the capital and largest city of Peru, founded by the Spanish in the 16th century.
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C.
Status Quo of the Holy Places
The Status Quo of the Holy Places is a historic arrangement that regulates the shared control, usage, and maintenance of certain Christian holy sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem among different religious communities.
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D.
Temple
Temple is a historic legal district in central London, renowned for housing the Inns of Court and many barristers’ chambers.
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E.
Glass Palace
Glass Palace was the original name of Portland’s Memorial Coliseum, a mid-20th-century multi-purpose arena notable for its extensive glass exterior walls.
- 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: City of Temples Target entity description: City of Temples is a nickname for Kathmandu, highlighting its dense concentration of historic Hindu and Buddhist temples and shrines.
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A.
Tower of the Sun
The Tower of the Sun is an iconic avant-garde sculpture by artist Tarō Okamoto that served as the symbolic centerpiece of Expo ’70 in Osaka, Japan.
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B.
Ciudad de los Reyes
Ciudad de los Reyes is the historical name of Lima, the capital and largest city of Peru, founded by the Spanish in the 16th century.
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C.
Status Quo of the Holy Places
The Status Quo of the Holy Places is a historic arrangement that regulates the shared control, usage, and maintenance of certain Christian holy sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem among different religious communities.
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D.
Temple
Temple is a historic legal district in central London, renowned for housing the Inns of Court and many barristers’ chambers.
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E.
Glass Palace
Glass Palace was the original name of Portland’s Memorial Coliseum, a mid-20th-century multi-purpose arena notable for its extensive glass exterior walls.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nickname ⓘ |
| appliedTo | Kathmandu ⓘ |
| appliesToPlace | capital city of Nepal ⓘ |
| appliesToTypeOfPlace | city ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
historic temples
ⓘ
shrines ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ |
| category | nicknames of cities ⓘ |
| cityContext | Kathmandu ⓘ |
| countryContext | Nepal ⓘ |
| describes | the dense concentration of temples in Kathmandu ⓘ |
| emphasizes | large number of temples per square kilometer in Kathmandu ⓘ |
| highlightsFeature |
dense concentration of historic Buddhist temples
ⓘ
dense concentration of historic Hindu temples ⓘ religious and cultural heritage of Kathmandu ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableIn | religious tourism in Nepal ⓘ |
| refersTo | Kathmandu ⓘ |
| regionContext | Kathmandu Valley ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
cultural heritage of Kathmandu Valley
ⓘ
religious architecture of Kathmandu ⓘ |
| usedAs |
tourism nickname for Kathmandu
ⓘ
linked to:
Thamel
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| usedBy |
local residents
ⓘ
tourism promoters ⓘ travel writers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: City of Temples Description of subject: City of Temples is a nickname for Kathmandu, highlighting its dense concentration of historic Hindu and Buddhist temples and shrines.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.