Fort Ricasoli
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Fort Ricasoli is a large 17th-century coastal fortress in Malta that guards the entrance to Grand Harbour and has served both military and film-production roles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Ricasoli canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10731199 — 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: Fort Ricasoli Context triple: [Grand Harbour, hasFortification, Fort Ricasoli]
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A.
Bellavista Fortress
Bellavista Fortress is a historic former military stronghold in San José, Costa Rica, now best known for housing the National Museum and symbolizing the country’s transition from militarization to peace.
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B.
La Cabaña Fortress
La Cabaña Fortress is a massive 18th-century Spanish colonial fortification in Havana, Cuba, historically used for military defense and later as a prison and cultural site.
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C.
Fort San Sebastian
Fort San Sebastian is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana, built by the Portuguese in the 16th century and later used by European powers as part of the West African gold and slave trade.
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D.
Fort Margherita
Fort Margherita is a 19th-century riverside fortress in Kuching, Sarawak, built during the Brooke era and now serving as a historical landmark and museum.
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E.
Fort Segarra
Fort Segarra is a former U.S. military coastal defense fortification and underground bunker complex on Water Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, now a historic site and tourist attraction.
- 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: Fort Ricasoli Target entity description: Fort Ricasoli is a large 17th-century coastal fortress in Malta that guards the entrance to Grand Harbour and has served both military and film-production roles.
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A.
Bellavista Fortress
Bellavista Fortress is a historic former military stronghold in San José, Costa Rica, now best known for housing the National Museum and symbolizing the country’s transition from militarization to peace.
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B.
La Cabaña Fortress
La Cabaña Fortress is a massive 18th-century Spanish colonial fortification in Havana, Cuba, historically used for military defense and later as a prison and cultural site.
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C.
Fort San Sebastian
Fort San Sebastian is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana, built by the Portuguese in the 16th century and later used by European powers as part of the West African gold and slave trade.
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D.
Fort Margherita
Fort Margherita is a 19th-century riverside fortress in Kuching, Sarawak, built during the Brooke era and now serving as a historical landmark and museum.
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E.
Fort Segarra
Fort Segarra is a former U.S. military coastal defense fortification and underground bunker complex on Water Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, now a historic site and tourist attraction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bastioned fort
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coastal fortress ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ |
| architect | Antonio Maurizio Valperga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| condition | partially ruined ⓘ |
| constructedBy | Order of St John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructedFor | Order of St John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1698 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1670 ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
French Republic
NERFINISHED
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Order of St John NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Malta ⓘ |
| damagedDuring | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy |
British Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Malta Artillery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bastions
ⓘ
curtain walls ⓘ ditch ⓘ glacis ⓘ sea-facing batteries ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
artillery fortification
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coastal defence ⓘ film production location ⓘ harbour defence ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | scheduled property in Malta ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Grand Harbour
NERFINISHED
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Kalkara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Fort St. Angelo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fort St. Elmo NERFINISHED ⓘ Valletta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | eastern side of Grand Harbour ⓘ |
| materialUsed | limestone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Giovanni Francesco Ricasoli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | partially ⓘ |
| overlooks | entrance to Grand Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
fortifications of Malta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fortifications of the Grand Harbour ⓘ |
| usedAs | film set ⓘ |
| usedAsFilmLocationFor |
Agora (2009 film)
NERFINISHED
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Game of Thrones (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gladiator (2000 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Julius Caesar (2002 miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ Troy (2004 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
French blockade of Malta
NERFINISHED
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Great Siege of Malta (not applicable historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Ricasoli Description of subject: Fort Ricasoli is a large 17th-century coastal fortress in Malta that guards the entrance to Grand Harbour and has served both military and film-production roles.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.