Prison de l'Abbaye
E481767
Prison de l'Abbaye was a notorious Parisian prison and former abbey used during the French Revolution to detain political prisoners and site of several massacres.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prison de l'Abbaye canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4938963 — 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: Prison de l'Abbaye Context triple: [Madame Roland, placeOfImprisonment, Prison de l'Abbaye]
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A.
Melun Prison
Melun Prison is a historic French correctional facility located in the town of Melun, known for its long-standing role in the country’s penal system.
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B.
Mons Prison
Mons Prison is a Belgian correctional facility historically known for holding notable inmates, including the poet Paul Verlaine.
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C.
Carmelite Prison, Paris
Carmelite Prison, Paris was a former Parisian convent converted into a revolutionary-era prison notorious for holding political detainees during the French Revolution.
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D.
Salpêtrière prison
Salpêtrière prison was a notorious Parisian detention facility, originally part of a vast hospital complex, that became infamous for its role in the violent upheavals of the French Revolution.
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E.
Île d’Yeu prison
Île d’Yeu prison was a French island penitentiary best known for holding Marshal Philippe Pétain during his post–World War II imprisonment.
- 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: Prison de l'Abbaye Target entity description: Prison de l'Abbaye was a notorious Parisian prison and former abbey used during the French Revolution to detain political prisoners and site of several massacres.
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A.
Melun Prison
Melun Prison is a historic French correctional facility located in the town of Melun, known for its long-standing role in the country’s penal system.
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B.
Mons Prison
Mons Prison is a Belgian correctional facility historically known for holding notable inmates, including the poet Paul Verlaine.
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C.
Carmelite Prison, Paris
Carmelite Prison, Paris was a former Parisian convent converted into a revolutionary-era prison notorious for holding political detainees during the French Revolution.
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D.
Salpêtrière prison
Salpêtrière prison was a notorious Parisian detention facility, originally part of a vast hospital complex, that became infamous for its role in the violent upheavals of the French Revolution.
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E.
Île d’Yeu prison
Île d’Yeu prison was a French island penitentiary best known for holding Marshal Philippe Pétain during his post–World War II imprisonment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
ⓘ
former abbey ⓘ prison ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Parisian revolutionary tribunals
ⓘ
anti‑royalist violence ⓘ |
| category |
Defunct buildings and structures in Paris
ⓘ
Former prisons in Paris ⓘ French Revolution sites in Paris ⓘ Massacres in France ⓘ |
| cityDuringUse | Paris ⓘ |
| convertedTo | state prison ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent |
1792-09-02
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1792-09-03 ⓘ |
| demolished | yes ⓘ |
| demolitionDate | early 19th century ⓘ |
| eraOfConstruction | medieval period ⓘ |
| formerFunction | monastic abbey ⓘ |
| functionDuringRevolution |
held clergy
ⓘ
held members of the nobility ⓘ held political opponents ⓘ held royalist suspects ⓘ |
| heritage | site of revolutionary violence in Paris ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | French Revolution ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
6th arrondissement of Paris
ⓘ
Faubourg Saint‑Germain ⓘ
linked to:
Faubourg Saint-Germain
Paris ⓘ Île‑de‑France ⓘ
linked to:
Île-de-France region
|
| locatedNear |
Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés
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linked to:
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
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| namedAfter |
abbey of Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés
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linked to:
Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
|
| notableEvent |
September Massacres
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massacres of 2–3 September 1792 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
mob justice during September Massacres
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summary executions ⓘ |
| numberOfVictimsEstimate | approximately 150 prisoners ⓘ |
| partOf | network of Parisian prisons during the French Revolution ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Reign of Terror
ⓘ
radical phase of the French Revolution ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| religiousOrder | Benedictines ⓘ |
| status | no longer extant ⓘ |
| usedAs |
detention center for political prisoners
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revolutionary prison ⓘ |
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Subject: Prison de l'Abbaye Description of subject: Prison de l'Abbaye was a notorious Parisian prison and former abbey used during the French Revolution to detain political prisoners and site of several massacres.
Referenced by (2)
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