Tarascas Fountain

E432638

city landmark fountain public artwork

Tarascas Fountain is an iconic sculptural fountain in Morelia, Mexico, featuring three Purépecha women holding a large fruit basket and serving as one of the city’s most recognizable symbols.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tarascas Fountain canonical	2
Las Tarascas Fountain area	1
original Tarascas Fountain (1931 sculpture)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4265251 — 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: Tarascas Fountain
Context triple: [Morelia, hasLandmark, Tarascas Fountain]

A. Nejjarine Fountain
Nejjarine Fountain is a historic public fountain in the medina of Fez, Morocco, renowned for its ornate zellij tilework and carved wood decoration.
B. Rimondi Fountain
Rimondi Fountain is a 17th-century Venetian-era public fountain in the old town of Rethymno, Crete, known for its ornate stone architecture and lion-head spouts.
C. Latona Fountain
The Latona Fountain is a grand Baroque fountain at the Palace of Versailles, famed for its sculptural depiction of the myth of Latona and its central role in the garden’s axial design.
D. Emperor Fountain
The Emperor Fountain is a grand 19th-century ornamental water feature at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, England, renowned for its exceptionally high jet and engineering ambition.
E. Morosini Fountain
Morosini Fountain is a historic Venetian-era marble fountain in the center of Heraklion, Crete, known for its ornate lion sculptures and role as a prominent city landmark.
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: Tarascas Fountain
Target entity description: Tarascas Fountain is an iconic sculptural fountain in Morelia, Mexico, featuring three Purépecha women holding a large fruit basket and serving as one of the city’s most recognizable symbols.

A. Nejjarine Fountain
Nejjarine Fountain is a historic public fountain in the medina of Fez, Morocco, renowned for its ornate zellij tilework and carved wood decoration.
B. Rimondi Fountain
Rimondi Fountain is a 17th-century Venetian-era public fountain in the old town of Rethymno, Crete, known for its ornate stone architecture and lion-head spouts.
C. Latona Fountain
The Latona Fountain is a grand Baroque fountain at the Palace of Versailles, famed for its sculptural depiction of the myth of Latona and its central role in the garden’s axial design.
D. Emperor Fountain
The Emperor Fountain is a grand 19th-century ornamental water feature at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, England, renowned for its exceptionally high jet and engineering ambition.
E. Morosini Fountain
Morosini Fountain is a historic Venetian-era marble fountain in the center of Heraklion, Crete, known for its ornate lion sculptures and role as a prominent city landmark.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city landmark ⓘ fountain ⓘ public artwork ⓘ
artStyle	modern Mexican sculpture ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
depicts	Purépecha women ⓘ abundance ⓘ basket of regional fruits ⓘ
genre	figurative sculpture ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation	19.700°N 101.186°W ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation	Purépecha people ⓘ Tarascan heritage ⓘ
hasLighting	night illumination ⓘ
hasPart	large fruit basket ⓘ three Purépecha women sculptures ⓘ water basin ⓘ
hasSignificance	emblematic postcard image of the city ⓘ one of the most recognizable symbols of Morelia ⓘ
hasUse	meeting point ⓘ photography spot ⓘ urban decoration ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Morelia) ⓘ linked to: Historic Centre of Morelia
inception	1984 ⓘ
isIconOf	Michoacán tourism ⓘ Morelia ⓘ
languageOfNativeName	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Morelia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Michoacán ⓘ
locatedInHistoricCenter	Historic Centre of Morelia ⓘ
locatedNear	Aqueduct of Morelia ⓘ Calle Acueducto ⓘ
locatedOn	Avenida Francisco I. Madero ⓘ linked to: Avenida Madero
maintainedBy	municipal government of Morelia ⓘ linked to: Municipal government of Morelia
materialUsed	bronze ⓘ
nativeName	Fuente de las Tarascas ⓘ
partOf	urban landscape of central Morelia ⓘ
replaced	original Tarascas Fountain (1931 sculpture) ⓘ linked to: Tarascas Fountain
symbolizes	Purépecha culture ⓘ fertility ⓘ identity of Morelia ⓘ prosperity ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Morelia → hasLandmark → Tarascas Fountain ⓘ

subject linked to: city of Morelia (renamed in his honor)

Morelia → hasLandmark → Tarascas Fountain ⓘ

Aqueduct of Morelia → startPoint → Las Tarascas Fountain area ⓘ

linked to: Tarascas Fountain

Tarascas Fountain → replaced → original Tarascas Fountain (1931 sculpture) ⓘ