Scuola Grande di San Rocco

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confraternity building historic building museum tourist attraction

Scuola Grande di San Rocco is a historic confraternity building in Venice renowned for its richly decorated interiors and extensive cycle of paintings by Tintoretto.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Scuola Grande di San Rocco canonical	5
Scuola Grande di San Rocco confraternity	2
Scuole Grandi of Venice	2
Scuola Grande di San Rocco collection	1
Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6573170 — 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: Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Context triple: [Tintoretto, employer, Scuola Grande di San Rocco]

A. Santa Maria della Scala
Santa Maria della Scala is a historic church in Rome, Italy, known for its Baroque architecture and rich artistic heritage.
B. Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella is a prominent Gothic-Renaissance Dominican church in Florence, Italy, renowned for its striking marble façade and important artworks by masters such as Masaccio, Ghirlandaio, and Brunelleschi.
C. San Domenico church
San Domenico church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Città di Castello, Italy, noted for its medieval origins and artistic heritage.
D. Procuratie Vecchie
The Procuratie Vecchie is a historic Renaissance-style arcade building lining the north side of Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, known for its long façade of arches and former use as offices and residences for Venetian officials.
E. Palazzo d’Accursio
Palazzo d’Accursio is a historic palace complex in Bologna that has long served as the city’s town hall and houses important civic offices and art collections overlooking Piazza Maggiore.
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: Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Target entity description: Scuola Grande di San Rocco is a historic confraternity building in Venice renowned for its richly decorated interiors and extensive cycle of paintings by Tintoretto.

A. Santa Maria della Scala
Santa Maria della Scala is a historic church in Rome, Italy, known for its Baroque architecture and rich artistic heritage.
B. Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella is a prominent Gothic-Renaissance Dominican church in Florence, Italy, renowned for its striking marble façade and important artworks by masters such as Masaccio, Ghirlandaio, and Brunelleschi.
C. San Domenico church
San Domenico church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Città di Castello, Italy, noted for its medieval origins and artistic heritage.
D. Procuratie Vecchie
The Procuratie Vecchie is a historic Renaissance-style arcade building lining the north side of Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, known for its long façade of arches and former use as offices and residences for Venetian officials.
E. Palazzo d’Accursio
Palazzo d’Accursio is a historic palace complex in Bologna that has long served as the city’s town hall and houses important civic offices and art collections overlooking Piazza Maggiore.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	confraternity building ⓘ historic building ⓘ museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Renaissance architecture ⓘ
buildingType	Scuola grande ⓘ
city	Venice ⓘ
constructionEnd	1560 ⓘ
constructionStart	1517 ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Roch ⓘ
floorCount	2 ⓘ
foundedAs	lay confraternity headquarters ⓘ
governingBody	Confraternity of San Rocco ⓘ
hasArchitect	Antonio Scarpagnino ⓘ Bartolomeo Bon the Younger ⓘ Giangiacomo dei Grigi ⓘ Sante Lombardo ⓘ
hasArtist	Tintoretto ⓘ
hasArtworkSeries	Life of Christ cycle by Tintoretto ⓘ New Testament cycle by Tintoretto ⓘ linked to: Life of Christ cycle by Tintoretto Old Testament cycle by Tintoretto ⓘ linked to: Old Testament cycle at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
hasFacadeStyle	Renaissance ⓘ
hasFunction	art exhibition space ⓘ cultural venue ⓘ religious confraternity seat ⓘ
hasInteriorDecoration	large canvases by Tintoretto ⓘ marble decoration ⓘ wooden carved ceilings ⓘ
hasPart	Sala Superiore ⓘ Sala Terrena ⓘ Sala dell’Albergo ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Venice and its Lagoon" ⓘ
locatedIn	Italy ⓘ Veneto ⓘ Venice ⓘ
locatedInSestiere	San Polo ⓘ
locatedNear	Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari ⓘ
material	Istrian stone ⓘ brick ⓘ
notableFor	extensive cycle of paintings by Tintoretto ⓘ richly decorated interiors ⓘ
patronSaint	Saint Roch ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Venice and its Lagoon ⓘ linked to: Venice
usedFor	artistic visits and tours ⓘ charitable activities ⓘ processions ⓘ religious ceremonies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited