Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral
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Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral is a Romanesque Catholic cathedral in south-central France renowned as a major Marian pilgrimage site and starting point on the Camino de Santiago.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Puy Cathedral | 4 |
| Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral canonical | 4 |
| Notre-Dame du Puy Cathedral | 2 |
| Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy | 1 |
| Le Puy-en-Velay Marian shrine | 1 |
| Marian shrine at Le Puy-en-Velay | 1 |
| Sanctuary of Our Lady of Le Puy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1464139 — 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: Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral Context triple: [Haute-Loire, hasHeritageSite, Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral]
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A.
Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral
Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral is a prominent Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in central France, renowned for its distinctive black volcanic stone construction and dominating presence over the city of Clermont-Ferrand.
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B.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut is a renowned modernist Catholic chapel in Ronchamp, France, designed by architect Le Corbusier and celebrated for its sculptural form and innovative use of light.
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C.
Nevers Cathedral
Nevers Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Nevers, France, notable for its blend of Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
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D.
Paray-le-Monial Basilica
Paray-le-Monial Basilica is a renowned Romanesque church in eastern France, famous as a major Catholic pilgrimage site associated with the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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E.
Avignon Cathedral
Avignon Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church in Avignon, France, renowned for its Romanesque architecture and its proximity to the Palais des Papes.
- 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: Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral Target entity description: Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral is a Romanesque Catholic cathedral in south-central France renowned as a major Marian pilgrimage site and starting point on the Camino de Santiago.
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A.
Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral
Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral is a prominent Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in central France, renowned for its distinctive black volcanic stone construction and dominating presence over the city of Clermont-Ferrand.
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B.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut is a renowned modernist Catholic chapel in Ronchamp, France, designed by architect Le Corbusier and celebrated for its sculptural form and innovative use of light.
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C.
Nevers Cathedral
Nevers Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Nevers, France, notable for its blend of Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
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D.
Paray-le-Monial Basilica
Paray-le-Monial Basilica is a renowned Romanesque church in eastern France, famous as a major Catholic pilgrimage site associated with the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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E.
Avignon Cathedral
Avignon Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church in Avignon, France, renowned for its Romanesque architecture and its proximity to the Palais des Papes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marian shrine
ⓘ
Roman Catholic cathedral ⓘ Romanesque church ⓘ World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Romanesque ⓘ |
| associatedWithRoute |
Camino de Santiago
ⓘ
surface form:
Way of St. James
|
| country | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Our Lady of Le Puy
ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| elevationRelativeToTown | built on a rocky height above the town ⓘ |
| function | cathedral church of the Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalElement |
arcades
ⓘ
cloister ⓘ domes ⓘ polychrome stone decoration ⓘ steep stairway entrance ⓘ |
| hasBellTower | true ⓘ |
| hasCloister | true ⓘ |
| hasRelicOrImage | venerated image of the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Monument historique (France)
ⓘ
surface form:
Monument historique of France
|
| heritageDesignationCountry | France ⓘ |
| isActiveChurch | true ⓘ |
| isMajorMarianPilgrimageSite | true ⓘ |
| isStartingPointOf |
Via Podiensis
ⓘ
one of the main French routes of the Camino de Santiago ⓘ |
| isTouristDestination | true ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
French
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Le Puy-en-Velay ⓘ |
| locatedInPartOf | south-central France ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
ⓘ
surface form:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Haute-Loire ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Marian pilgrimages
ⓘ
role in medieval pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela ⓘ |
| partOf | Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France ⓘ |
| pilgrimageTradition | Marian apparitions and healings associated with the site ⓘ |
| primaryUse | worship ⓘ |
| regionHistoric | Auvergne ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Catholicism ⓘ |
| rite | Latin Rite ⓘ |
| secondaryUse | tourist attraction ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| UNESCOSite | Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | inscribed ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral Description of subject: Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral is a Romanesque Catholic cathedral in south-central France renowned as a major Marian pilgrimage site and starting point on the Camino de Santiago.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Notre-Dame du Puy Cathedral
this entity surface form:
Notre-Dame du Puy Cathedral
this entity surface form:
Le Puy Cathedral
this entity surface form:
Le Puy Cathedral
this entity surface form:
Le Puy Cathedral
this entity surface form:
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Le Puy
this entity surface form:
Le Puy Cathedral
this entity surface form:
Marian shrine at Le Puy-en-Velay
this entity surface form:
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy
this entity surface form:
Le Puy-en-Velay Marian shrine