Dragon Stairway
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Dragon Stairway is the iconic, mosaic-covered staircase in Barcelona’s Park Güell, renowned for its colorful dragon (or salamander) sculpture designed by Antoni Gaudí.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dragon Staircase | 1 |
| Dragon Stairway canonical | 1 |
| Salamander Stairway | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2428666 — 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: Dragon Stairway Context triple: [Park Güell, hasPart, Dragon Stairway]
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A.
Jordan Staircase
The Jordan Staircase is a grand, richly decorated ceremonial staircase in the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, renowned for its opulent Baroque architecture and role in imperial court rituals.
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B.
Stone Tower
Stone Tower is a historic stone observation tower located within Lynn Woods Reservation in Lynn, Massachusetts, offering panoramic views of the surrounding forest and coastline.
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C.
Queen's Staircase
Queen's Staircase is a historic limestone staircase in Nassau, Bahamas, carved by enslaved people in the late 18th century and now a major cultural and tourist landmark.
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D.
Hall of Lost Steps
The Hall of Lost Steps is a grand, echoing interior hall within Havana’s El Capitolio, renowned for its impressive scale and acoustics.
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E.
Gate of Felicity
The Gate of Felicity is the ceremonial inner gateway of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, marking the entrance to the sultan’s private and administrative quarters in the Ottoman imperial complex.
- 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: Dragon Stairway Target entity description: Dragon Stairway is the iconic, mosaic-covered staircase in Barcelona’s Park Güell, renowned for its colorful dragon (or salamander) sculpture designed by Antoni Gaudí.
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A.
Jordan Staircase
The Jordan Staircase is a grand, richly decorated ceremonial staircase in the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, renowned for its opulent Baroque architecture and role in imperial court rituals.
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B.
Stone Tower
Stone Tower is a historic stone observation tower located within Lynn Woods Reservation in Lynn, Massachusetts, offering panoramic views of the surrounding forest and coastline.
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C.
Queen's Staircase
Queen's Staircase is a historic limestone staircase in Nassau, Bahamas, carved by enslaved people in the late 18th century and now a major cultural and tourist landmark.
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D.
Hall of Lost Steps
The Hall of Lost Steps is a grand, echoing interior hall within Havana’s El Capitolio, renowned for its impressive scale and acoustics.
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E.
Gate of Felicity
The Gate of Felicity is the ceremonial inner gateway of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, marking the entrance to the sultan’s private and administrative quarters in the Ottoman imperial complex.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural feature
ⓘ
staircase ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dragon Stairway
ⓘ
surface form:
Dragon Staircase
Escalinata del Dragón ⓘ Dragon Stairway ⓘ
surface form:
Salamander Stairway
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| architect | Antoni Gaudí ⓘ |
| artMovement |
Modernisme català
ⓘ
surface form:
Modernisme
|
| associatedWith | Antoni Gaudí’s organic architecture ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | emblematic example of Gaudí’s use of trencadís ⓘ |
| decorativeTechnique | trencadís mosaic ⓘ |
| designer | Antoni Gaudí ⓘ |
| feature |
balustrades covered with mosaics
ⓘ
central dragon fountain ⓘ colorful ceramic tiles ⓘ symmetrical flights of steps ⓘ |
| function | connects main entrance to Hypostyle Room ⓘ |
| hasArtisticElement |
serpentine forms and curves
ⓘ
shield of Catalonia in mosaic ⓘ |
| hasSculpture |
El Drac
ⓘ
Park Güell salamander ⓘ |
| hasWaterFeature | fountain integrated into dragon sculpture ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí" ⓘ |
| locatedBelow |
Hypostyle Room
ⓘ
surface form:
Hypostyle Room (Doric Temple)
|
| locatedIn |
Barcelona
ⓘ
Catalonia ⓘ Park Güell ⓘ Spain ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Park Güell
ⓘ
surface form:
Park Güell main gate
|
| material | stone ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1914 ⓘ |
| ownership |
Barcelona
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Barcelona
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| partOf |
Park Güell main entrance axis
ⓘ
Park Güell ⓘ
surface form:
Park Güell monumental zone
|
| style |
Modernisme català
ⓘ
surface form:
Catalan Modernisme
|
| symbolOf |
Barcelona’s modernist architecture
ⓘ
Park Güell ⓘ |
| tourismImportance | one of the most photographed spots in Barcelona ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1984 ⓘ |
| visitorAccess | public ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dragon Stairway Description of subject: Dragon Stairway is the iconic, mosaic-covered staircase in Barcelona’s Park Güell, renowned for its colorful dragon (or salamander) sculpture designed by Antoni Gaudí.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dragon Staircase
this entity surface form:
Salamander Stairway