Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay
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Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay is a striking 1960s Brutalist Catholic church in Nevers, France, renowned for its bunker-like sculptural form and radical experimental architecture.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6446166 — 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: Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay Context triple: [Claude Parent, notableWork, Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay]
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A.
Church of St. Bernadette
The Church of St. Bernadette is a modern Catholic church in Lourdes, France, dedicated to Saint Bernadette Soubirous and serving pilgrims within the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes.
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Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is a major Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes, France, renowned for its Marian apparitions and reputed healing waters.
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Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette is a small Catholic chapel and pilgrimage site situated on Mont Pipet, overlooking the town of Vienne in southeastern France.
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Église Notre-Dame de Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
Église Notre-Dame de Sainte-Marie-du-Mont is a historic Catholic parish church in the Normandy village of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, noted for its traditional architecture and proximity to the D-Day landing beaches.
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Chapelle de la Vierge
Chapelle de la Vierge is a side chapel within Paris’s Église Saint-Roch, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and notable for its devotional art and architecture.
- 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: Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay Target entity description: Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay is a striking 1960s Brutalist Catholic church in Nevers, France, renowned for its bunker-like sculptural form and radical experimental architecture.
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A.
Church of St. Bernadette
The Church of St. Bernadette is a modern Catholic church in Lourdes, France, dedicated to Saint Bernadette Soubirous and serving pilgrims within the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes.
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B.
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is a major Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes, France, renowned for its Marian apparitions and reputed healing waters.
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C.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette is a small Catholic chapel and pilgrimage site situated on Mont Pipet, overlooking the town of Vienne in southeastern France.
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Église Notre-Dame de Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
Église Notre-Dame de Sainte-Marie-du-Mont is a historic Catholic parish church in the Normandy village of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, noted for its traditional architecture and proximity to the D-Day landing beaches.
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Chapelle de la Vierge
Chapelle de la Vierge is a side chapel within Paris’s Église Saint-Roch, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and notable for its devotional art and architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
20th-century church building
ⓘ
Roman Catholic church ⓘ church building ⓘ |
| architect |
Claude Parent
ⓘ
Paul Virilio ⓘ |
| architecturalMovement | Oblique Function ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Brutalism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
liturgical reforms of the 1960s
ⓘ
post-Vatican II church architecture ⓘ |
| buildingFunction | parish church ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Saint Bernadette Soubirous
ⓘ
linked to:
Bernadette Soubirous
|
| denomination |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| era | post-war modernism ⓘ |
| floorCount | 1 ⓘ |
| floorPlanType | non-traditional plan ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
icon of French Brutalism
ⓘ
reference in architectural theory ⓘ |
| hasExteriorAppearance |
almost windowless façade
ⓘ
bunker-like volume ⓘ |
| hasInteriorFeature |
central liturgical focus
ⓘ
indirect natural lighting ⓘ sloping floors ⓘ |
| hasTourismType | architectural tourism site ⓘ |
| hasType | bunker-church ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Monument historique ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | France ⓘ |
| heritageStatusGranted | 2000s ⓘ |
| inception | 1966 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Nevers ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
ⓘ
Nièvre ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Nevers city center
ⓘ
linked to:
Nevers
|
| materialUsed | reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bernadette Soubirous ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bunker-like form
ⓘ
experimental liturgical space ⓘ radical post-war church design ⓘ sculptural massing ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| structuralSystem | concrete shell ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Catholic worship
ⓘ
architectural visits ⓘ religious ceremonies ⓘ |
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Subject: Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay Description of subject: Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay is a striking 1960s Brutalist Catholic church in Nevers, France, renowned for its bunker-like sculptural form and radical experimental architecture.
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linked to: Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay
linked to: Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay
subject linked to:
Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay in Nevers
linked to: Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay
subject linked to:
Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay in Nevers
linked to: Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay