Vidin Synagogue
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Vidin Synagogue is a historic, now-ruined Jewish synagogue in the city of Vidin, Bulgaria, notable as one of the largest synagogues in the country and a symbol of the once-thriving local Jewish community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vidin Synagogue canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12752153 — 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: Vidin Synagogue Context triple: [Vidin, hasReligiousBuilding, Vidin Synagogue]
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A.
Kupa Synagogue
Kupa Synagogue is a historic Jewish house of worship in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland, known for its richly decorated interior and significance to the city’s former Jewish quarter.
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B.
Ahrida Synagogue
Ahrida Synagogue is one of Istanbul’s oldest and most historically significant synagogues, known for serving the city’s Sephardic Jewish community since the Ottoman era.
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C.
Yanbol Synagogue
Yanbol Synagogue is a historic Jewish house of worship in Istanbul’s Balat district, traditionally associated with Jews of Bulgarian (Yambol) origin.
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D.
Giləki Synagogue
Giləki Synagogue is a historic Jewish house of worship located in the Mountain Jewish settlement of Krasnaya Sloboda in Azerbaijan.
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E.
Sofia Synagogue
Sofia Synagogue is a historic and architecturally significant Jewish house of worship in Bulgaria’s capital, known as one of the largest synagogues in Europe.
- 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: Vidin Synagogue Target entity description: Vidin Synagogue is a historic, now-ruined Jewish synagogue in the city of Vidin, Bulgaria, notable as one of the largest synagogues in the country and a symbol of the once-thriving local Jewish community.
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A.
Kupa Synagogue
Kupa Synagogue is a historic Jewish house of worship in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland, known for its richly decorated interior and significance to the city’s former Jewish quarter.
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B.
Ahrida Synagogue
Ahrida Synagogue is one of Istanbul’s oldest and most historically significant synagogues, known for serving the city’s Sephardic Jewish community since the Ottoman era.
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C.
Yanbol Synagogue
Yanbol Synagogue is a historic Jewish house of worship in Istanbul’s Balat district, traditionally associated with Jews of Bulgarian (Yambol) origin.
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D.
Giləki Synagogue
Giləki Synagogue is a historic Jewish house of worship located in the Mountain Jewish settlement of Krasnaya Sloboda in Azerbaijan.
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E.
Sofia Synagogue
Sofia Synagogue is a historic and architecturally significant Jewish house of worship in Bulgaria’s capital, known as one of the largest synagogues in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
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ruin ⓘ synagogue ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Eclecticism
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Neo-Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1894 ⓘ |
| condition | ruined ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1890 ⓘ |
| country | Bulgaria ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important monument of Bulgarian Jewish heritage
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landmark of Vidin ⓘ |
| currentUse | unused ⓘ |
| floorCount | 2 ⓘ |
| formerFunction |
community gathering place
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place of worship ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalElement |
decorative cornices
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pointed arches ⓘ rose window ⓘ twin towers on the main facade ⓘ |
| hasCoordinates | approximately 43.991°N 22.878°E ⓘ |
| hasFacade | main western facade ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| hasPart |
ark for Torah scrolls
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bimah ⓘ central nave ⓘ two side aisles ⓘ women’s gallery ⓘ |
| height | approximately 20 metres ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | cultural monument of national importance of Bulgaria ⓘ |
| inception | 1894 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Vidin
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historic center of Vidin ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Vidin Province ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Danube River
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linked to:
Danube
|
| materialUsed |
brick
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stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the largest synagogues in Bulgaria
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symbolizing the once-thriving Jewish community of Vidin ⓘ |
| owner |
Bulgarian state
ⓘ
linked to:
Bulgaria
|
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | tile ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
abandonment in the second half of the 20th century
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decline of Vidin Jewish community after World War II ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedBy | Jewish community of Vidin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Vidin Synagogue Description of subject: Vidin Synagogue is a historic, now-ruined Jewish synagogue in the city of Vidin, Bulgaria, notable as one of the largest synagogues in the country and a symbol of the once-thriving local Jewish community.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.