Notre-Dame du Raincy

E104476

Roman Catholic church church building modernist architecture landmark reinforced-concrete building

Notre-Dame du Raincy is a pioneering early 20th-century reinforced-concrete church near Paris, celebrated as a landmark of modernist religious architecture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Église Notre-Dame du Raincy	7
Notre-Dame du Raincy canonical	6
modernist church Notre-Dame du Raincy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T856351 — 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: Notre-Dame du Raincy
Context triple: [Auguste Perret, designed, Notre-Dame du Raincy]

A. Parc Jouvet
Parc Jouvet is a large public park and botanical garden in Valence, France, known for its landscaped lawns, ornamental ponds, and views over the Rhône River.
B. Place des Arts
Place des Arts is a major performing arts complex in downtown Montreal known for hosting concerts, theater, dance, and large cultural festivals.
C. La Part-Dieu
La Part-Dieu is a major business and commercial district in Lyon, France, known for its large shopping center, office towers, and central train station.
D. Palais de Chaillot
The Palais de Chaillot is a prominent Art Deco complex in Paris, France, best known for its sweeping terraces overlooking the Eiffel Tower and its role as a cultural hub housing several major museums and institutions.
E. Galerie des Machines
The Galerie des Machines was a vast iron-and-glass exhibition hall in Paris, renowned in the late 19th century as one of the largest and most impressive engineering structures of its time.
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: Notre-Dame du Raincy
Target entity description: Notre-Dame du Raincy is a pioneering early 20th-century reinforced-concrete church near Paris, celebrated as a landmark of modernist religious architecture.

A. Parc Jouvet
Parc Jouvet is a large public park and botanical garden in Valence, France, known for its landscaped lawns, ornamental ponds, and views over the Rhône River.
B. Place des Arts
Place des Arts is a major performing arts complex in downtown Montreal known for hosting concerts, theater, dance, and large cultural festivals.
C. La Part-Dieu
La Part-Dieu is a major business and commercial district in Lyon, France, known for its large shopping center, office towers, and central train station.
D. Palais de Chaillot
The Palais de Chaillot is a prominent Art Deco complex in Paris, France, best known for its sweeping terraces overlooking the Eiffel Tower and its role as a cultural hub housing several major museums and institutions.
E. Galerie des Machines
The Galerie des Machines was a vast iron-and-glass exhibition hall in Paris, renowned in the late 19th century as one of the largest and most impressive engineering structures of its time.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic church ⓘ church building ⓘ modernist architecture landmark ⓘ reinforced-concrete building ⓘ
architect	Auguste Perret ⓘ Gustave Perret ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Expressionist architecture ⓘ linked to: Expressionism Modernist architecture ⓘ
commissionedBy	Roman Catholic parish of Le Raincy ⓘ
completionDate	1923 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1922 ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Our Lady (Notre-Dame) ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis ⓘ linked to: Diocese of Saint-Denis
floorPlan	basilica plan ⓘ
hasAltarpiece	true ⓘ
hasBellTower	true ⓘ
hasChoir	true ⓘ
hasDome	false ⓘ
hasFacadeOrientation	west ⓘ
hasLighting	natural light filtered through stained glass ⓘ
hasNave	true ⓘ
hasOrgan	true ⓘ
hasSeatingCapacity	approximately 1,200 ⓘ
hasSideAisles	true ⓘ
hasStainedGlassDesigner	Marguerite Huré ⓘ
hasStructuralSystem	reinforced-concrete frame with thin infill walls ⓘ
hasTower	true ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Monument historique ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1966 ⓘ
inception	1923 ⓘ
influenced	20th-century church architecture in Europe ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Church worldwide
locatedIn	Le Raincy ⓘ
locatedNear	Paris ⓘ
materialUsed	reinforced concrete ⓘ stained glass ⓘ
namedAfter	Our Lady ⓘ
notableFor	being an early icon of modern religious architecture ⓘ extensive use of colored stained-glass walls ⓘ innovative use of reinforced concrete in church architecture ⓘ slender concrete columns and open interior space ⓘ
numberOfTowers	1 ⓘ
parish	Paroisse Notre-Dame du Raincy ⓘ
partOf	built heritage of Seine-Saint-Denis ⓘ
purpose	place of Christian worship ⓘ
region	Île-de-France ⓘ linked to: Île-de-France region

How these facts were elicited