Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia

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ancient Greek sanctuary archaeological site

The Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia is an ancient Greek temple complex in southern Italy dedicated to the goddess Hera, renowned for its monumental Doric architecture and historical significance in Magna Graecia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia canonical	6
Temple of Hera Lacinia	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11199574 — 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: Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia
Context triple: [Hera Lacinia, associatedSanctuary, Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia]

A. Temple of Hera Lacinia
The Temple of Hera Lacinia is an ancient Greek Doric temple in Agrigento, Sicily, renowned as one of the principal sanctuaries within the archaeological complex of the Valley of the Temples.
B. Sanctuary of Zeus Naios
The Sanctuary of Zeus Naios was the central sacred precinct at Dodona in Epirus, Greece, where one of the oldest Greek oracles operated in a grove sacred to Zeus.
C. Sanctuary of Athena Alea
The Sanctuary of Athena Alea was a major ancient Greek religious complex in Tegea, renowned for its impressive temple and its role as a prominent cult center of the goddess Athena in Arcadia.
D. Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia
The Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia is an ancient religious complex at Delphi in Greece, famed for its iconic circular tholos and its role as a monumental gateway to the main Delphic sanctuary.
E. Temple of Athena Lindia
The Temple of Athena Lindia is an ancient Greek sanctuary on the acropolis of Lindos in Rhodes, dedicated to the worship of the goddess Athena and renowned for its historical and archaeological significance.
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: Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia
Target entity description: The Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia is an ancient Greek temple complex in southern Italy dedicated to the goddess Hera, renowned for its monumental Doric architecture and historical significance in Magna Graecia.

A. Temple of Hera Lacinia
The Temple of Hera Lacinia is an ancient Greek Doric temple in Agrigento, Sicily, renowned as one of the principal sanctuaries within the archaeological complex of the Valley of the Temples.
B. Sanctuary of Zeus Naios
The Sanctuary of Zeus Naios was the central sacred precinct at Dodona in Epirus, Greece, where one of the oldest Greek oracles operated in a grove sacred to Zeus.
C. Sanctuary of Athena Alea
The Sanctuary of Athena Alea was a major ancient Greek religious complex in Tegea, renowned for its impressive temple and its role as a prominent cult center of the goddess Athena in Arcadia.
D. Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia
The Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia is an ancient religious complex at Delphi in Greece, famed for its iconic circular tholos and its role as a monumental gateway to the main Delphic sanctuary.
E. Temple of Athena Lindia
The Temple of Athena Lindia is an ancient Greek sanctuary on the acropolis of Lindos in Rhodes, dedicated to the worship of the goddess Athena and renowned for its historical and archaeological significance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek sanctuary ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Doric order ⓘ
associatedWith	Greek colonization of southern Italy ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Croton ⓘ
belongsToTradition	Panhellenic Hera cult ⓘ linked to: cult of Hera
builtFor	religious worship ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
currentUse	archaeological park ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Hera ⓘ
excavatedBy	archaeologists ⓘ
function	cult center of Hera ⓘ place of pilgrimage ⓘ
hasDeity	Hera ⓘ
hasMaterial	limestone ⓘ local stone ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature	Capo Colonna lighthouse ⓘ
hasOrientation	east–west ⓘ
hasPart	Temple of Hera Lacinia ⓘ altar ⓘ sacred precinct ⓘ stoas ⓘ treasury buildings ⓘ
hasRemains	architectural fragments ⓘ standing Doric column ⓘ temple foundations ⓘ
hasRite	animal sacrifice ⓘ votive offerings ⓘ
hasType	extra-urban sanctuary ⓘ
hasViewOver	Gulf of Taranto ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected cultural property of Italy ⓘ
isSubjectOf	archaeological research ⓘ classical studies scholarship ⓘ
locatedIn	Capo Colonna ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Italy ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion	Magna Graecia ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Calabria ⓘ
locatedNear	Crotone ⓘ
notableFor	historical significance in Magna Graecia ⓘ monumental Doric architecture ⓘ
overlooks	Ionian Sea ⓘ
period	Classical Greece ⓘ
religion	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
situatedOn	promontory ⓘ
worshipPeriod	Archaic period ⓘ Classical period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Hera Lacinia → associatedSanctuary → Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia ⓘ

Hera Lacinia → majorCultCenter → Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia ⓘ

Capo Colonna → contains → Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia ⓘ

Capo Colonna → contains → Temple of Hera Lacinia ⓘ

linked to: Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia

Lacinion → wasSiteOf → Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia ⓘ

Lakinion → hasSanctuary → Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia ⓘ

Lakinion → hasArchaeologicalSite → Temple of Hera Lacinia ⓘ

linked to: Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia

Lacinium → hasAncientSanctuary → Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia ⓘ

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