Casa de las Conchas
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Casa de las Conchas is a historic late Gothic and Plateresque-style palace in Salamanca, Spain, famed for its façade decorated with hundreds of carved stone shells.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Casa de las Conchas canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2467975 — 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: Casa de las Conchas Context triple: [Salamanca, knownFor, Casa de las Conchas]
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A.
Casa del Sol
Casa del Sol is one of the guesthouses at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, known for its ornate Mediterranean Revival architecture and lavish historic interiors.
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B.
Sepulveda House
Sepulveda House is a historic 19th-century adobe and brick residence and museum located in the El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument district of downtown Los Angeles.
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C.
Casa del Florero
Casa del Florero is a historic colonial house and museum in Bogotá, Colombia, famous as the site where events triggering the country’s independence movement began.
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D.
Villa Cisneros
Villa Cisneros, now known as Dakhla, is a coastal city in Western Sahara that historically served as a key Spanish colonial outpost and administrative hub.
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E.
Casa Grande del Pueblo
Casa Grande del Pueblo is the modern presidential palace and main seat of executive power in Bolivia, located in the center of La Paz.
- 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: Casa de las Conchas Target entity description: Casa de las Conchas is a historic late Gothic and Plateresque-style palace in Salamanca, Spain, famed for its façade decorated with hundreds of carved stone shells.
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A.
Casa del Sol
Casa del Sol is one of the guesthouses at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, known for its ornate Mediterranean Revival architecture and lavish historic interiors.
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B.
Sepulveda House
Sepulveda House is a historic 19th-century adobe and brick residence and museum located in the El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument district of downtown Los Angeles.
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C.
Casa del Florero
Casa del Florero is a historic colonial house and museum in Bogotá, Colombia, famous as the site where events triggering the country’s independence movement began.
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D.
Villa Cisneros
Villa Cisneros, now known as Dakhla, is a coastal city in Western Sahara that historically served as a key Spanish colonial outpost and administrative hub.
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E.
Casa Grande del Pueblo
Casa Grande del Pueblo is the modern presidential palace and main seat of executive power in Bolivia, located in the center of La Paz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
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historic palace ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Plateresque
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late Gothic ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | early 16th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | late 15th century ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| courtyardStyle | Renaissance ⓘ |
| currentUse |
cultural center
ⓘ
public library ⓘ |
| façadeDecoration |
heraldic shields
ⓘ
scallop shells ⓘ |
| façadeOrientation | faces Calle de la Compañía ⓘ |
| floorCount | 3 ⓘ |
| hasArcades | yes ⓘ |
| hasArches | yes ⓘ |
| hasBalconies | yes ⓘ |
| hasColumns | yes ⓘ |
| hasCourtyard | yes ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionRooms | yes ⓘ |
| hasGothicElements | yes ⓘ |
| hasPatioGallery | yes ⓘ |
| hasPlateresqueElements | yes ⓘ |
| hasReadingRooms | yes ⓘ |
| hasStaircase | yes ⓘ |
| hasWindows | ornate windows with iron grilles ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Bien de Interés Cultural ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | Spain ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Castile and León
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Old City of Salamanca ⓘ Salamanca ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Salamanca Cathedral
ⓘ
linked to:
New Cathedral of Salamanca
University of Salamanca ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| municipality | Salamanca ⓘ |
| namedAfter | shells on its façade ⓘ |
| notableFor | façade decorated with carved stone shells ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| ownerType | public ⓘ |
| roofFeature | small turrets ⓘ |
| staircaseStyle | Gothic ⓘ |
| symbolism |
scallop shell associated with pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
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scallop shell associated with the Order of Santiago ⓘ |
| tourismImportance | major landmark of Salamanca ⓘ |
| touristAccess | free entry (most areas) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Casa de las Conchas Description of subject: Casa de las Conchas is a historic late Gothic and Plateresque-style palace in Salamanca, Spain, famed for its façade decorated with hundreds of carved stone shells.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.