Fountain of the Four Rivers
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The Fountain of the Four Rivers is a monumental 17th-century Baroque fountain in Rome’s Piazza Navona, featuring personifications of major world rivers surrounding an ancient Egyptian obelisk.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T766494 — 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: Fountain of the Four Rivers Context triple: [Gian Lorenzo Bernini, designed, Fountain of the Four Rivers]
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A.
Maderno Fountain
Maderno Fountain is a monumental Baroque fountain in Vatican City, designed by Carlo Maderno and located in St. Peter’s Square.
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Trevi Fountain
Trevi Fountain is a famous Baroque masterpiece in Rome renowned for its grand sculptural design and tradition of coin tossing for good luck.
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Fontana del Tritone
Fontana del Tritone is a celebrated Baroque fountain in Rome, Italy, renowned for its dynamic sculptural depiction of the sea god Triton and its masterful design by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
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Orpheus Fountain
Orpheus Fountain is a notable public sculpture and fountain located outside the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden.
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E.
Villa d’Este
Villa d’Este is a renowned luxury hotel and former aristocratic residence on the shores of Lake Como in Italy, celebrated for its historic architecture and grand lakeside gardens.
- 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: Fountain of the Four Rivers Target entity description: The Fountain of the Four Rivers is a monumental 17th-century Baroque fountain in Rome’s Piazza Navona, featuring personifications of major world rivers surrounding an ancient Egyptian obelisk.
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A.
Maderno Fountain
Maderno Fountain is a monumental Baroque fountain in Vatican City, designed by Carlo Maderno and located in St. Peter’s Square.
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B.
Trevi Fountain
Trevi Fountain is a famous Baroque masterpiece in Rome renowned for its grand sculptural design and tradition of coin tossing for good luck.
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C.
Fontana del Tritone
Fontana del Tritone is a celebrated Baroque fountain in Rome, Italy, renowned for its dynamic sculptural depiction of the sea god Triton and its masterful design by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
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Orpheus Fountain
Orpheus Fountain is a notable public sculpture and fountain located outside the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden.
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E.
Villa d’Este
Villa d’Este is a renowned luxury hotel and former aristocratic residence on the shores of Lake Como in Italy, celebrated for its historic architecture and grand lakeside gardens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque monument
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fountain ⓘ public artwork ⓘ |
| architect | Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Pope Innocent X ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1651 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 41.8992° N, 12.4731° E ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | four major rivers of the known continents ⓘ |
| depicts |
Danube
ⓘ
surface form:
Danube River
Ganges ⓘ
surface form:
Ganges River
Nile ⓘ
surface form:
Nile River
Río de la Plata ⓘ |
| designer | Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 20 m ⓘ |
| genre | allegorical sculpture ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Obelisk of Domitian
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central hollow rock formation ⓘ dolphins ⓘ dove with olive branch (Pamphilj emblem) ⓘ dragon ⓘ lion ⓘ olive tree sculpture ⓘ palm tree sculpture ⓘ papal coat of arms of the Pamphilj family ⓘ personification of the Danube River ⓘ personification of the Ganges River ⓘ personification of the Nile River ⓘ personification of the Río de la Plata ⓘ rocky travertine base ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site component
part of the historic center of Rome ⓘ |
| inception | 1648 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
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Lazio ⓘ Piazza Navona ⓘ Rome ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedOnStreet | Piazza Navona ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
marble
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travertine ⓘ |
| nativeLabel |
Fountain of the Four Rivers
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
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| owner |
Rome
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surface form:
City of Rome
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| significantEvent | urban redevelopment of Piazza Navona under Pope Innocent X ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| style | Baroque ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | Rome ⓘ |
| waterSource |
Aqua Virgo aqueduct
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surface form:
Acqua Vergine aqueduct
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Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Obelisk of Domitian (on Fountain of the Four Rivers)
this entity surface form:
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
this entity surface form:
Fountain of the Four Rivers (Piazza Navona)
this entity surface form:
Piazza Navona fountain ensemble
this entity surface form:
Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers
this entity surface form:
Fountain of the Four Rivers ensemble