Génie de la Liberté statue

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gilded bronze sculpture statue

The Génie de la Liberté statue is a gilded bronze figure of the Spirit of Freedom crowning Paris’s July Column in the Place de la Bastille, symbolizing liberty and the 1830 July Revolution.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Génie de la Liberté statue canonical	1
allegorical figure Liberty	1
statue of Liberty (revolutionary allegory)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10290518 — 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: Génie de la Liberté statue
Context triple: [July Column, hasPart, Génie de la Liberté statue]

A. Liberty Statue
The Liberty Statue is a prominent monument in Budapest commemorating those who sacrificed their lives for Hungary’s freedom, standing atop Gellért Hill as a key symbol of the city.
B. Bartholdi Fountain
The Bartholdi Fountain is a monumental bronze fountain in Washington, D.C., designed in the 19th century by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, best known for creating the Statue of Liberty.
C. Rochambeau Monument
The Rochambeau Monument is a commemorative statue in Washington, D.C., honoring French General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, for his role in aiding the American colonies during the Revolutionary War.
D. Statue of Freedom
The Statue of Freedom is the bronze allegorical figure of Liberty that crowns the dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
E. Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is an iconic neoclassical monument on Liberty Island symbolizing freedom and democracy and serving as one of the most recognizable landmarks in the United States.
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: Génie de la Liberté statue
Target entity description: The Génie de la Liberté statue is a gilded bronze figure of the Spirit of Freedom crowning Paris’s July Column in the Place de la Bastille, symbolizing liberty and the 1830 July Revolution.

A. Liberty Statue
The Liberty Statue is a prominent monument in Budapest commemorating those who sacrificed their lives for Hungary’s freedom, standing atop Gellért Hill as a key symbol of the city.
B. Bartholdi Fountain
The Bartholdi Fountain is a monumental bronze fountain in Washington, D.C., designed in the 19th century by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, best known for creating the Statue of Liberty.
C. Rochambeau Monument
The Rochambeau Monument is a commemorative statue in Washington, D.C., honoring French General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, for his role in aiding the American colonies during the Revolutionary War.
D. Statue of Freedom
The Statue of Freedom is the bronze allegorical figure of Liberty that crowns the dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
E. Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is an iconic neoclassical monument on Liberty Island symbolizing freedom and democracy and serving as one of the most recognizable landmarks in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	gilded bronze sculpture ⓘ statue ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Spirit of Freedom statue ⓘ
artStyle	Neoclassicism ⓘ
associatedEvent	July Revolution of 1830 ⓘ linked to: July Revolution in France
associatedPoliticalConcept	freedom ⓘ republicanism ⓘ
associatedWith	French Revolution of 1830 ⓘ
category	Monuments and memorials in Paris ⓘ Outdoor sculpture in Paris ⓘ Statues of men in France ⓘ
cityLandmarkOf	Paris ⓘ
commissionedFor	monument to the July Revolution ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
crowns	July Column ⓘ
culturalSignificance	emblem of freedom in Parisian iconography ⓘ symbol of French republican ideals ⓘ
depicts	Spirit of Freedom ⓘ winged male figure ⓘ
designedBy	Auguste Dumont ⓘ
era	19th century sculpture ⓘ
finish	gilded ⓘ
function	commemorative monument ⓘ
hasWings	yes ⓘ
height	approximately 4 meters ⓘ
heritageStatus	important symbol of Paris ⓘ
holds	broken chain ⓘ torch ⓘ
iconography	allegorical figure of Liberty ⓘ
inauguratedOn	1840 ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Paris ⓘ Place de la Bastille ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Île-de-France ⓘ linked to: Île-de-France region
locatedOn	Place de la Bastille roundabout ⓘ
material	bronze ⓘ
nameMeaning	Genius of Liberty ⓘ linked to: Génie de la Liberté
orientation	faces west ⓘ
partOf	July Column ensemble ⓘ linked to: July Column
sculptor	Auguste Dumont ⓘ
standsAbove	Place de la Bastille ⓘ
standsOn	top of the July Column ⓘ
symbolizes	liberty ⓘ the July Revolution of 1830 ⓘ linked to: July Revolution in France
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
visibleFrom	Place de la Bastille ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

July Column → hasPart → Génie de la Liberté statue ⓘ

Phrygian cap → wornBy → allegorical figure Liberty ⓘ

linked to: Génie de la Liberté statue

Place de la Révolution → hasMonumentInPeriod → statue of Liberty (revolutionary allegory) ⓘ