Presidio Modelo
E177569
Presidio Modelo is a former Cuban prison complex on Isla de la Juventud, notorious for its panopticon design and for holding political prisoners including Fidel Castro before the Cuban Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Presidio Modelo canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1562870 — 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: Presidio Modelo Context triple: [Isla de la Juventud, hasPrison, Presidio Modelo]
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A.
Presidio of Monterey
Presidio of Monterey is a historic U.S. Army installation in Monterey, California, best known today as the home of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.
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B.
Chapultepec Castle
Chapultepec Castle is a historic fortress and former imperial and presidential residence in Mexico City, now serving as a prominent museum and cultural landmark.
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C.
Casa de Balboa
Casa de Balboa is a historic Spanish Colonial Revival-style building in San Diego’s Balboa Park that houses museums and cultural institutions.
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D.
Intramuros
Intramuros is the historic walled city at the heart of Manila, known as the former seat of Spanish colonial government and one of the oldest districts in the Philippines.
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E.
Palacio de Iturbide
Palacio de Iturbide is an 18th-century Baroque palace in Mexico City, renowned for its ornate architecture and historical role as the residence of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide.
- 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: Presidio Modelo Target entity description: Presidio Modelo is a former Cuban prison complex on Isla de la Juventud, notorious for its panopticon design and for holding political prisoners including Fidel Castro before the Cuban Revolution.
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A.
Presidio of Monterey
Presidio of Monterey is a historic U.S. Army installation in Monterey, California, best known today as the home of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.
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B.
Chapultepec Castle
Chapultepec Castle is a historic fortress and former imperial and presidential residence in Mexico City, now serving as a prominent museum and cultural landmark.
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C.
Casa de Balboa
Casa de Balboa is a historic Spanish Colonial Revival-style building in San Diego’s Balboa Park that houses museums and cultural institutions.
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D.
Intramuros
Intramuros is the historic walled city at the heart of Manila, known as the former seat of Spanish colonial government and one of the oldest districts in the Philippines.
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E.
Palacio de Iturbide
Palacio de Iturbide is an 18th-century Baroque palace in Mexico City, renowned for its ornate architecture and historical role as the residence of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former prison
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historical site ⓘ prison complex ⓘ |
| architecturalFeature |
central inspection tower
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circular multi‑story cell blocks ⓘ radiating corridors ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | panopticon ⓘ |
| capacity | thousands of inmates ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Cuba ⓘ |
| currentUse |
memorial site
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museum ⓘ |
| event |
detention of political opponents after the Cuban Revolution
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detention of political opponents of Fulgencio Batista ⓘ imprisonment of Fidel Castro after the 1953 Moncada Barracks attack ⓘ |
| hasDesign |
central watchtower
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radial cell blocks ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOfficialName | Spanish ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | national monument of Cuba ⓘ |
| inception |
1920s
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circa 1926 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon concept ⓘ |
| knownFor |
harsh prison conditions
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panopticon layout ⓘ role in Cuban revolutionary history ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Isla de la Juventud
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surface form:
Isla de la Juventud Special Municipality
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| locatedInBodyOfWater | Gulf of Batabanó ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Nueva Gerona ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Isla de la Juventud ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland | Isla de la Juventud ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Ministry of the Interior of Cuba
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surface form:
Cuban Ministry of the Interior
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| notablePrisoner |
Fidel Castro
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Raúl Castro ⓘ other Moncada barracks attackers ⓘ |
| numberOfCellBlocks | multiple circular blocks ⓘ |
| officialName | Presidio Modelo self-link ⓘ |
| opened | 1930s ⓘ |
| openedToInmates | circa 1931 ⓘ |
| operator |
Cuban government
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surface form:
Government of Cuba
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| partOf | Cuban penal system ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
Batista era
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early years of the Cuban Revolution ⓘ |
| status | closed prison ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Cuban Revolution historiography
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historical studies on panopticon prisons ⓘ |
| tourism | visited by tourists ⓘ |
| usedFor |
incarceration of common criminals
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incarceration of political prisoners ⓘ |
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Subject: Presidio Modelo Description of subject: Presidio Modelo is a former Cuban prison complex on Isla de la Juventud, notorious for its panopticon design and for holding political prisoners including Fidel Castro before the Cuban Revolution.
Referenced by (3)
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