Palau Reial Major

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former royal residence historic building complex medieval royal palace

Palau Reial Major is a historic medieval royal palace complex in Barcelona that once served as the residence of the counts of Barcelona and later the kings of Aragon.

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Label	Occurrences
Palau Reial Major canonical	9

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10645386 — 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: Palau Reial Major
Context triple: [Plaça del Rei, hasPart, Palau Reial Major]

A. Palau Reial
Palau Reial is a Barcelona Metro station on Line 3 located near the Palau Reial de Pedralbes and the western end of Avinguda Diagonal.
B. El Arenal
El Arenal is a town in the Mexican state of Jalisco known for its role in the historic tequila-producing region and its inclusion in the Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila UNESCO World Heritage Site.
C. Palace of the Kings of Majorca
The Palace of the Kings of Majorca is a fortified medieval royal residence and citadel that served as the seat of the Kings of Majorca, notable for its Gothic architecture and panoramic views over Perpignan and the surrounding region.
D. Petilla de Aragón
Petilla de Aragón is a small village in the Navarre region of northern Spain, best known as the birthplace of Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
E. House of Majorca
The House of Majorca was a medieval royal dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Majorca and related territories in the western Mediterranean during the 13th and 14th centuries.
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: Palau Reial Major
Target entity description: Palau Reial Major is a historic medieval royal palace complex in Barcelona that once served as the residence of the counts of Barcelona and later the kings of Aragon.

A. Palau Reial
Palau Reial is a Barcelona Metro station on Line 3 located near the Palau Reial de Pedralbes and the western end of Avinguda Diagonal.
B. El Arenal
El Arenal is a town in the Mexican state of Jalisco known for its role in the historic tequila-producing region and its inclusion in the Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila UNESCO World Heritage Site.
C. Palace of the Kings of Majorca
The Palace of the Kings of Majorca is a fortified medieval royal residence and citadel that served as the seat of the Kings of Majorca, notable for its Gothic architecture and panoramic views over Perpignan and the surrounding region.
D. Petilla de Aragón
Petilla de Aragón is a small village in the Navarre region of northern Spain, best known as the birthplace of Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
E. House of Majorca
The House of Majorca was a medieval royal dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Majorca and related territories in the western Mediterranean during the 13th and 14th centuries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former royal residence ⓘ historic building complex ⓘ medieval royal palace ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Gothic architecture ⓘ
category	Gothic architecture in Barcelona ⓘ Museums in Barcelona ⓘ Palaces in Barcelona ⓘ Royal residences in Spain ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
currentUse	exhibition venue of the Barcelona City History Museum (MUHBA) ⓘ museum space ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 15 metres ⓘ
floorCount	multiple levels ⓘ
hasEarlierStructureFrom	11th century ⓘ
hasFunctionInPast	administrative center for the Crown of Aragon ⓘ seat of royal ceremonial functions ⓘ
hasPart	Capella Reial de Santa Àgata ⓘ Mirador del Rei Martí ⓘ Palau del Lloctinent ⓘ Saló del Tinell ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Bien de Interés Cultural ⓘ Cultural Asset of National Interest (Catalonia) ⓘ linked to: BCIN (Cultural Asset of National Interest of Catalonia)
inception	14th century ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	Catalan ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Barcelona ⓘ Barri Gòtic ⓘ Catalonia ⓘ Plaça del Rei ⓘ Spain ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNear	Barcelona Cathedral ⓘ Plaça de Sant Jaume ⓘ linked to: Plaça Sant Jaume
material	stone ⓘ
officialName	Palau Reial Major ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
ownedBy	City of Barcelona ⓘ linked to: Barcelona
partOf	Gothic Quarter of Barcelona ⓘ linked to: Gothic Quarter historic center of Barcelona ⓘ
significantEvent	audience granted by the Catholic Monarchs to Christopher Columbus after his first voyage to the Americas ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedAs	residence of the counts of Barcelona ⓘ residence of the kings of Aragon ⓘ

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

Plaça del Rei → hasPart → Palau Reial Major ⓘ

Plaça de Ramon Berenguer el Gran → hasNearbySite → Palau Reial Major ⓘ

Palau Reial Major → officialName → Palau Reial Major ⓘ

Saló del Tinell → partOf → Palau Reial Major ⓘ

Palau del Lloctinent → adjacentTo → Palau Reial Major ⓘ

Capella Reial de Santa Àgata → partOf → Palau Reial Major ⓘ

bell tower of Santa Àgata chapel → locatedInComplex → Palau Reial Major ⓘ

King’s Square complex → hasPart → Palau Reial Major ⓘ

Museu Frederic Marès → locatedInBuilding → Palau Reial Major ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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