Prigioni Nuove
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Prigioni Nuove is a historic prison complex in Venice, Italy, known for being one of the first buildings in the world designed specifically as a jail and for its connection to the Doge’s Palace via the Bridge of Sighs.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prigioni Nuove canonical | 2 |
| New Prison of Venice | 1 |
| New Prisons | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5223673 — 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: Prigioni Nuove Context triple: [Bridge of Sighs, connects, Prigioni Nuove]
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A.
La Force prison
La Force prison was a notorious Parisian jail during the French Revolution, known for housing political prisoners and being a major site of revolutionary violence.
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B.
La Catedral prison
La Catedral prison was a luxurious, self-designed fortress-like facility in Colombia that housed drug lord Pablo Escobar under highly lenient conditions.
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C.
Pignerol prison
Pignerol prison was a 17th-century French state prison in the Alps, notorious for holding high-profile political prisoners including the mysterious figure known as the Man in the Iron Mask.
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D.
Doftana Prison
Doftana Prison was a notorious Romanian penitentiary used during the interwar and early communist periods to detain political prisoners, including future leader Nicolae Ceaușescu.
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E.
Maze Prison
Maze Prison was a high-security British prison in Northern Ireland that became notorious during the Troubles for housing paramilitary prisoners and being the site of major protests and hunger strikes.
- 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: Prigioni Nuove Target entity description: Prigioni Nuove is a historic prison complex in Venice, Italy, known for being one of the first buildings in the world designed specifically as a jail and for its connection to the Doge’s Palace via the Bridge of Sighs.
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A.
La Force prison
La Force prison was a notorious Parisian jail during the French Revolution, known for housing political prisoners and being a major site of revolutionary violence.
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B.
La Catedral prison
La Catedral prison was a luxurious, self-designed fortress-like facility in Colombia that housed drug lord Pablo Escobar under highly lenient conditions.
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C.
Pignerol prison
Pignerol prison was a 17th-century French state prison in the Alps, notorious for holding high-profile political prisoners including the mysterious figure known as the Man in the Iron Mask.
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D.
Doftana Prison
Doftana Prison was a notorious Romanian penitentiary used during the interwar and early communist periods to detain political prisoners, including future leader Nicolae Ceaușescu.
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E.
Maze Prison
Maze Prison was a high-security British prison in Northern Ireland that became notorious during the Troubles for housing paramilitary prisoners and being the site of major protests and hunger strikes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
ⓘ
prison building ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Renaissance architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Doge’s Palace
ⓘ
linked to:
Doge's Palace
|
| connectedBy | Bridge of Sighs ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| designedFor | use as a prison ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Comune di Venezia
ⓘ
linked to:
Municipality of Venice
|
| hasFeature |
connection to interrogation rooms in the Doge’s Palace
ⓘ
narrow cells ⓘ small barred windows ⓘ stone corridors ⓘ |
| hasFunction | detention of prisoners of the Venetian Republic ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Rio di Palazzo canal
ⓘ
linked to:
Rio di Palazzo
|
| heritageStatus | part of the historic centre of Venice ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Republic of Venice ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
San Marco sestiere
ⓘ
Veneto ⓘ Venice ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Doge’s Palace
ⓘ
linked to:
Doge's Palace
|
| locatedOn |
Riva degli Schiavoni area
ⓘ
linked to:
Riva degli Schiavoni
|
| material | Istrian stone ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
New Prisons
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linked to:
Prigioni Nuove
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| notableFor |
being among the first buildings purpose-built as a prison
ⓘ
connection to the Doge’s Palace via the Bridge of Sighs ⓘ |
| partOf |
Doge’s Palace complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Doge's Palace
|
| region | Northeastern Italy ⓘ |
| tourism | open to guided tours ⓘ |
| usedFor |
holding political prisoners
ⓘ
incarceration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Prigioni Nuove Description of subject: Prigioni Nuove is a historic prison complex in Venice, Italy, known for being one of the first buildings in the world designed specifically as a jail and for its connection to the Doge’s Palace via the Bridge of Sighs.
Referenced by (4)
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