Fontana dell’Acqua Felice
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Fontana dell’Acqua Felice is a monumental late-16th-century Baroque fountain in Rome, commissioned by Pope Sixtus V as the terminus of the Acqua Felice aqueduct and notable for its grand façade and sculptural program.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fontana dell’Acqua Felice canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13201799 — 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: Fontana dell’Acqua Felice Context triple: [Chiesa di Santa Susanna, near, Fontana dell’Acqua Felice]
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Fontana dell'Acqua Paola
Fontana dell'Acqua Paola is a monumental Baroque fountain in Rome, built in the early 17th century to celebrate the restoration of the ancient Aqua Traiana aqueduct and showcase papal grandeur.
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Fontana del Moro
Fontana del Moro is a 16th-century Baroque fountain in Rome, notable for its central figure of a Moor wrestling a dolphin amid an elaborate sculptural basin.
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C.
Fontana dell’Elefante
Fontana dell’Elefante is an iconic Baroque fountain in Catania, Sicily, featuring a lava-stone elephant that has become the city’s symbol.
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D.
Fontana del Nettuno
Fontana del Nettuno is a 16th-century Baroque fountain in Rome adorned with a dramatic statue of Neptune battling sea creatures.
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E.
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.
- 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: Fontana dell’Acqua Felice Target entity description: Fontana dell’Acqua Felice is a monumental late-16th-century Baroque fountain in Rome, commissioned by Pope Sixtus V as the terminus of the Acqua Felice aqueduct and notable for its grand façade and sculptural program.
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A.
Fontana dell'Acqua Paola
Fontana dell'Acqua Paola is a monumental Baroque fountain in Rome, built in the early 17th century to celebrate the restoration of the ancient Aqua Traiana aqueduct and showcase papal grandeur.
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B.
Fontana del Moro
Fontana del Moro is a 16th-century Baroque fountain in Rome, notable for its central figure of a Moor wrestling a dolphin amid an elaborate sculptural basin.
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C.
Fontana dell’Elefante
Fontana dell’Elefante is an iconic Baroque fountain in Catania, Sicily, featuring a lava-stone elephant that has become the city’s symbol.
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D.
Fontana del Nettuno
Fontana del Nettuno is a 16th-century Baroque fountain in Rome adorned with a dramatic statue of Neptune battling sea creatures.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque fountain
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fountain ⓘ landmark ⓘ monumental fountain ⓘ public fountain ⓘ |
| architect | Domenico Fontana ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Baroque ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Pope Sixtus V’s urban renewal program ⓘ |
| city | Rome ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Pope Sixtus V
ⓘ
linked to:
Sixtus V
|
| completionDate | 1587 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1585 ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| depicts | Moses ⓘ |
| designer | Domenico Fontana ⓘ |
| function |
aqueduct terminus
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public water supply ⓘ |
| hasCentralFigure | Moses ⓘ |
| hasInscription | Latin dedicatory inscription to Sixtus V ⓘ |
| hasPart |
attic with inscription
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basins ⓘ central niche ⓘ columns ⓘ lion-shaped spouts ⓘ pilasters ⓘ side niches ⓘ statues ⓘ three large arches ⓘ triumphal arch façade ⓘ |
| hasRelief |
Aaron leading the Israelites
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Israelites drinking water in the desert ⓘ Joshua leading the Israelites across the Jordan ⓘ |
| hasSculpturalProgram | Old Testament scenes ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of the historic center of Rome ⓘ |
| inception | 1587 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lazio
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Rome ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Church of San Bernardo alle Terme
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Santa Maria della Vittoria ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
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| locatedOn |
Quirinal Hill
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Via del Quirinale ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
marble
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travertine ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Felice Peretti
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Pope Sixtus V ⓘ
linked to:
Sixtus V
|
| partOf | Acqua Felice aqueduct ⓘ |
| patron |
Pope Sixtus V
ⓘ
linked to:
Sixtus V
|
| period | late 16th century ⓘ |
| significance |
first new aqueduct of papal Rome since antiquity’s decline
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model for later Baroque show fountains in Rome ⓘ |
| startPointOf | distribution of Acqua Felice water in Rome ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| waterSource | Acqua Felice aqueduct ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fontana dell’Acqua Felice Description of subject: Fontana dell’Acqua Felice is a monumental late-16th-century Baroque fountain in Rome, commissioned by Pope Sixtus V as the terminus of the Acqua Felice aqueduct and notable for its grand façade and sculptural program.
Referenced by (5)
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