Convent of San Marco

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Dominican monastery convent religious building

The Convent of San Marco is a historic Dominican monastery in Florence, Italy, renowned for its Fra Angelico frescoes and its association with the reformer Girolamo Savonarola.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Convent of San Marco canonical	3
Museo di San Marco	2
San Marco convent	2
Dominican convent of San Marco	1
San Marco church	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10675685 — 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: Convent of San Marco
Context triple: [Girolamo Savonarola, workLocation, Convent of San Marco]

A. Chiesa di San Marco
Chiesa di San Marco is a historic Catholic church in Rovereto, Italy, noted for its religious significance and traditional Trentino architecture.
B. Cathedral of St. Mark
The Cathedral of St. Mark is a historic Roman Catholic church in Pordenone, Italy, noted for its distinctive bell tower and significant religious and artistic heritage.
C. San Marco church
San Marco church is a historic Christian church located in the Sicilian city of Enna, Italy.
D. 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.
E. St Mark's Basilica
St Mark's Basilica is a renowned Italo-Byzantine cathedral in Venice famous for its opulent design, golden mosaics, and status as one of the city's most iconic religious and architectural landmarks.
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: Convent of San Marco
Target entity description: The Convent of San Marco is a historic Dominican monastery in Florence, Italy, renowned for its Fra Angelico frescoes and its association with the reformer Girolamo Savonarola.

A. Chiesa di San Marco
Chiesa di San Marco is a historic Catholic church in Rovereto, Italy, noted for its religious significance and traditional Trentino architecture.
B. Cathedral of St. Mark
The Cathedral of St. Mark is a historic Roman Catholic church in Pordenone, Italy, noted for its distinctive bell tower and significant religious and artistic heritage.
C. San Marco church
San Marco church is a historic Christian church located in the Sicilian city of Enna, Italy.
D. 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.
E. St Mark's Basilica
St Mark's Basilica is a renowned Italo-Byzantine cathedral in Venice famous for its opulent design, golden mosaics, and status as one of the city's most iconic religious and architectural landmarks.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dominican monastery ⓘ convent ⓘ religious building ⓘ
artistAssociatedWith	Benozzo Gozzoli ⓘ Fra Angelico ⓘ
artStyle	Early Renaissance ⓘ
buildingType	monastery complex ⓘ
city	Florence ⓘ
containsWorkBy	Benozzo Gozzoli ⓘ Fra Angelico ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important center of Dominican reform in Florence ⓘ major site of Florentine Renaissance art ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
era	Renaissance ⓘ
frescoCycleBy	Fra Angelico ⓘ
function	monastery ⓘ museum ⓘ
hasPart	San Marco Museum ⓘ chapter house ⓘ cloister ⓘ library ⓘ monastic cells decorated with frescoes ⓘ refectory ⓘ
heritage	Renaissance monastic complex ⓘ
knownFor	Fra Angelico frescoes ⓘ Renaissance art ⓘ association with Girolamo Savonarola ⓘ monastic library ⓘ
locatedIn	Florence ⓘ Italy ⓘ Tuscany ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ linked to: Mark the Evangelist
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
personAssociatedWith	Cosimo de' Medici ⓘ Girolamo Savonarola ⓘ
region	Central Italy ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Catholicism ⓘ
religiousOrder	Dominican Order ⓘ linked to: Dominican friars
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ

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