Temple prison
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Temple prison was a medieval fortress in Paris later used as a notorious Revolutionary-era prison that held members of the French royal family, including Marie Antoinette and Madame Élisabeth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Temple prison canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6113106 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Temple prison Context triple: [Madame Élisabeth of France, residence, Temple prison]
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Kaliti Prison
Kaliti Prison is a notorious high-security detention facility in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, known for holding political prisoners, journalists, and government critics under harsh conditions.
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Tegel Prison
Tegel Prison is a Berlin correctional facility historically known for holding political prisoners during the Nazi era, including theologian and resistance member Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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Swaqa prison
Swaqa prison is a high-security Jordanian detention facility known for holding Islamist militants, including Abu Musab al-Zarqawi before he became a leading figure in al-Qaeda in Iraq.
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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.
Number Four Prison
Number Four Prison is a historic Johannesburg jail notorious for its harsh conditions and for holding many anti-apartheid activists, now preserved as part of the Constitution Hill heritage site.
- 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: Temple prison Target entity description: Temple prison was a medieval fortress in Paris later used as a notorious Revolutionary-era prison that held members of the French royal family, including Marie Antoinette and Madame Élisabeth.
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A.
Kaliti Prison
Kaliti Prison is a notorious high-security detention facility in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, known for holding political prisoners, journalists, and government critics under harsh conditions.
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B.
Tegel Prison
Tegel Prison is a Berlin correctional facility historically known for holding political prisoners during the Nazi era, including theologian and resistance member Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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C.
Swaqa prison
Swaqa prison is a high-security Jordanian detention facility known for holding Islamist militants, including Abu Musab al-Zarqawi before he became a leading figure in al-Qaeda in Iraq.
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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.
Number Four Prison
Number Four Prison is a historic Johannesburg jail notorious for its harsh conditions and for holding many anti-apartheid activists, now preserved as part of the Constitution Hill heritage site.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former building
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medieval fortress ⓘ prison ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | medieval military architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Reign of Terror
NERFINISHED
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imprisonment of the French royal family ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures demolished in the 19th century
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Former prisons in Paris ⓘ French Revolution sites in Paris ⓘ |
| constructionCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| controlledBy | National Convention during the Terror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| currentStatus | no longer extant ⓘ |
| dateOfDeathOfLouisXVIIInTemple | 8 June 1795 ⓘ |
| dateOfExecutionOfLouisXVI | 21 January 1793 ⓘ |
| dateOfExecutionOfMarieAntoinette | 16 October 1793 ⓘ |
| dateOfImprisonmentOfLouisXVI | 13 August 1792 ⓘ |
| dateOfTransferOfMarieAntoinetteFromTemple | 1 August 1793 ⓘ |
| demolished | early 19th century ⓘ |
| demolitionOrderedBy | Napoleon I of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| functionDuringFrenchRevolution |
detention of French royal family
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detention of political prisoners ⓘ |
| governedBy | Paris Commune of 1792 (as municipal authority) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guardedBy | National Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage | site associated with the fall of the French monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
3rd arrondissement of Paris
NERFINISHED
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Temple quarter of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Paris ⓘ |
| mainStructure | massive keep known as the great tower ⓘ |
| near | modern Place de la République ⓘ |
| notablePrisoner |
Louis XVI of France
NERFINISHED
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Louis XVII NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame Royale (Marie-Thérèse Charlotte) NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame de Lamballe NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame Élisabeth of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Antoinette NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippe Égalité (Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBuilders | Knights Templar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Enclos du Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForDemolition | to prevent it becoming a royalist pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| symbolism | symbol of the captivity of the Bourbon monarchy ⓘ |
| usedAs |
Revolutionary prison
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fortified stronghold of the Knights Templar ⓘ residence of the Grand Prior of the Knights of Malta in France ⓘ state prison ⓘ |
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Subject: Temple prison Description of subject: Temple prison was a medieval fortress in Paris later used as a notorious Revolutionary-era prison that held members of the French royal family, including Marie Antoinette and Madame Élisabeth.
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