Fez el-Bali city walls

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city walls fortification

The Fez el-Bali city walls are the medieval fortifications encircling the old medina of Fez, Morocco, built to protect the historic urban core and its gates, including Bab Guissa.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
city walls of Fes	2
City walls of Fes el-Jdid	1
Fes el-Bali main entrance	1
Fes medina walls	1
Fez el-Bali city walls canonical	1
Fez medina city walls	1
Fez medina walls	1
city walls of Fez	1
fortifications of Fez	1
old city walls of Fez	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10274650 — 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: Fez el-Bali city walls
Context triple: [Bab Guissa, isPartOfDefensiveSystemOf, Fez el-Bali city walls]

A. Zaria City Walls
Zaria City Walls are historic defensive fortifications in Zaria, Nigeria, built by the Hausa kingdom to protect the ancient city and control access.
B. Diyarbakır city walls
The Diyarbakır city walls are a monumental set of black basalt fortifications in southeastern Turkey, renowned as some of the longest and best-preserved defensive walls in the world.
C. Bursa city walls
The Bursa city walls are the historic fortifications that once enclosed the early Ottoman capital of Bursa, reflecting its strategic and architectural heritage.
D. Harar Jugol city wall system
The Harar Jugol city wall system is a historic defensive enclosure surrounding the old city of Harar in eastern Ethiopia, renowned for its ancient gates, stone fortifications, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
E. Al Jalali Fort
Al Jalali Fort is a historic coastal fortress in Muscat, Oman, built by the Portuguese in the 16th century and now a prominent symbol of the city's heritage.
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: Fez el-Bali city walls
Target entity description: The Fez el-Bali city walls are the medieval fortifications encircling the old medina of Fez, Morocco, built to protect the historic urban core and its gates, including Bab Guissa.

A. Zaria City Walls
Zaria City Walls are historic defensive fortifications in Zaria, Nigeria, built by the Hausa kingdom to protect the ancient city and control access.
B. Diyarbakır city walls
The Diyarbakır city walls are a monumental set of black basalt fortifications in southeastern Turkey, renowned as some of the longest and best-preserved defensive walls in the world.
C. Bursa city walls
The Bursa city walls are the historic fortifications that once enclosed the early Ottoman capital of Bursa, reflecting its strategic and architectural heritage.
D. Harar Jugol city wall system
The Harar Jugol city wall system is a historic defensive enclosure surrounding the old city of Harar in eastern Ethiopia, renowned for its ancient gates, stone fortifications, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
E. Al Jalali Fort
Al Jalali Fort is a historic coastal fortress in Muscat, Oman, built by the Portuguese in the 16th century and now a prominent symbol of the city's heritage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city walls ⓘ fortification ⓘ
adjacentTo	Fez Jdid city walls ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Islamic architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Fez Medina UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ linked to: Medina of Fez
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Morocco ⓘ
culturalContext	Maghrebi ⓘ Moroccan ⓘ
encircles	Fez el-Bali medina ⓘ linked to: Fes el-Bali old medina of Fez ⓘ linked to: Medina of Fez
function	demarcation of the old city limits ⓘ
hasFeature	bastions ⓘ gates ⓘ ramparts ⓘ towers ⓘ
hasGate	Bab Guissa ⓘ northern gates of Fez el-Bali ⓘ linked to: Bab Bou Jeloud Gate
hasPart	Bab Guissa ⓘ city gates of Fez el-Bali ⓘ
hasViewOf	Fez el-Bali medina ⓘ linked to: Fes el-Bali
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site buffer ⓘ
languageOfToponym	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Fez ⓘ Fez el-Bali ⓘ linked to: Fes el-Bali Morocco ⓘ northern Morocco ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+1 ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ rammed earth ⓘ stone ⓘ
near	Fez River ⓘ Oued Fes ⓘ
partOf	historic center of Fez ⓘ linked to: Medina of Fez historic fortifications of Fez ⓘ
protects	markets of Fez el-Bali ⓘ religious monuments of Fez el-Bali ⓘ residential quarters of Fez el-Bali ⓘ
region	Fès-Meknès ⓘ
significance	major example of medieval Islamic urban fortifications in North Africa ⓘ
timePeriod	medieval period ⓘ
tourismAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	control of access to the medina ⓘ protection of historic urban core ⓘ urban defense ⓘ

How these facts were elicited