Tour de l’Horloge
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Tour de l’Horloge is a historic clock tower on Paris’s Île de la Cité, famed for housing one of the oldest public clocks in the city and forming part of the medieval Conciergerie complex.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tour de l’Horloge canonical | 2 |
| Tour de l’Horloge de la Conciergerie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5281585 — 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: Tour de l’Horloge Context triple: [Conciergerie, hasPart, Tour de l’Horloge]
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A.
Tour de la Chaîne
Tour de la Chaîne is a historic medieval defensive tower guarding the entrance to the old harbor of La Rochelle on France’s Atlantic coast.
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B.
La Tour Bretagne
La Tour Bretagne is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Nantes, France, known for its panoramic city views and distinctive modernist architecture.
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C.
Tour de Carbonnière
Tour de Carbonnière is a medieval defensive tower in the Camargue region of southern France, historically used to control access to the fortified town of Aigues-Mortes.
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D.
Tour de Constance
Tour de Constance is a historic medieval fortress tower in Aigues-Mortes, France, known for its role as a royal prison and symbol of religious persecution, particularly of Huguenots.
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E.
Dauphiné–Lacassagne
Dauphiné–Lacassagne is a tram stop in Lyon, France, serving the city's public transport network on line T3.
- 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: Tour de l’Horloge Target entity description: Tour de l’Horloge is a historic clock tower on Paris’s Île de la Cité, famed for housing one of the oldest public clocks in the city and forming part of the medieval Conciergerie complex.
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A.
Tour de la Chaîne
Tour de la Chaîne is a historic medieval defensive tower guarding the entrance to the old harbor of La Rochelle on France’s Atlantic coast.
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B.
La Tour Bretagne
La Tour Bretagne is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Nantes, France, known for its panoramic city views and distinctive modernist architecture.
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C.
Tour de Carbonnière
Tour de Carbonnière is a medieval defensive tower in the Camargue region of southern France, historically used to control access to the fortified town of Aigues-Mortes.
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D.
Tour de Constance
Tour de Constance is a historic medieval fortress tower in Aigues-Mortes, France, known for its role as a royal prison and symbol of religious persecution, particularly of Huguenots.
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E.
Dauphiné–Lacassagne
Dauphiné–Lacassagne is a tram stop in Lyon, France, serving the city's public transport network on line T3.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clock tower
ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Boulevard du Palais
ⓘ
Quai de l’Horloge ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Clock Tower of the Conciergerie ⓘ |
| hasArtwork |
allegorical figures
ⓘ
gilded decorations ⓘ ornate clock face ⓘ |
| hasClock | one of the oldest public clocks in Paris ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificanceFor |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
large external clock dial
ⓘ
pyramidal roof ⓘ rectangular tower structure ⓘ |
| hasFunction | houses a public clock ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | Monument historique ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| hasNearby |
Palais de Justice de Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Palais de Justice, Paris
Pont Neuf ⓘ Pont au Change ⓘ Sainte-Chapelle ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
example of medieval civic timekeeping
ⓘ
symbol of royal power in medieval Paris ⓘ |
| hasTourismType | cultural tourism ⓘ |
| heritageStatusAppliesToPart | public clock ⓘ |
| isConnectedTo |
history of the Conciergerie prison
ⓘ
history of the French monarchy ⓘ |
| isDepictedIn |
historic engravings of Paris
ⓘ
tourist photographs of Île de la Cité ⓘ |
| isLocatedOn | north side of Île de la Cité ⓘ |
| isPartOf | historic center of Paris ⓘ |
| isProtectedBy | French heritage law ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | guided tours of the Conciergerie ⓘ |
| isTouristAttractionIn | Paris ⓘ |
| isVisibleFrom | Seine riverbanks ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
1st arrondissement of Paris
ⓘ
France ⓘ Paris ⓘ Île de la Cité ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Seine
ⓘ
linked to:
River Seine
|
| partOf |
Conciergerie
ⓘ
Palais de la Cité ⓘ |
| usedFor | timekeeping for the city ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tour de l’Horloge Description of subject: Tour de l’Horloge is a historic clock tower on Paris’s Île de la Cité, famed for housing one of the oldest public clocks in the city and forming part of the medieval Conciergerie complex.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tour de l’Horloge