Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp

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Roman Catholic church building chapel modernist building pilgrimage church work of Le Corbusier

Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp is a renowned modernist Catholic chapel in France, celebrated for its sculptural form, innovative use of light, and status as one of Le Corbusier’s most influential religious buildings.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut	1
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut de Ronchamp	1
Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp canonical	1
Notre-Dame-du-Haut at Ronchamp	1
Ronchamp	1
Ronchamp Chapel	1
chapel of Notre Dame du Haut	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T104417 — 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 Haut, Ronchamp
Context triple: [Le Corbusier, notableWork, Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp]

A. Villa Savoye
Villa Savoye is a seminal modernist house in Poissy, France, celebrated as one of Le Corbusier’s most influential architectural masterpieces and a key icon of the International Style.
B. Notre-Dame Cathedral
Notre-Dame Cathedral is a famed medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in Paris, renowned for its Gothic architecture, stained glass, and historical significance.
C. Château de la Muette
Château de la Muette is a historic former royal residence in Paris that now serves as the headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
D. Mecanoo
Mecanoo is a Dutch architecture firm renowned for its innovative, context-sensitive designs for cultural, educational, and public buildings worldwide.
E. Château de Boncourt
Château de Boncourt was a French estate best known as the birthplace of the German Romantic poet and botanist Adelbert von Chamisso.
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 Haut, Ronchamp
Target entity description: Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp is a renowned modernist Catholic chapel in France, celebrated for its sculptural form, innovative use of light, and status as one of Le Corbusier’s most influential religious buildings.

A. Villa Savoye
Villa Savoye is a seminal modernist house in Poissy, France, celebrated as one of Le Corbusier’s most influential architectural masterpieces and a key icon of the International Style.
B. Notre-Dame Cathedral
Notre-Dame Cathedral is a famed medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in Paris, renowned for its Gothic architecture, stained glass, and historical significance.
C. Château de la Muette
Château de la Muette is a historic former royal residence in Paris that now serves as the headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
D. Mecanoo
Mecanoo is a Dutch architecture firm renowned for its innovative, context-sensitive designs for cultural, educational, and public buildings worldwide.
E. Château de Boncourt
Château de Boncourt was a French estate best known as the birthplace of the German Romantic poet and botanist Adelbert von Chamisso.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic church building ⓘ chapel ⓘ modernist building ⓘ pilgrimage church ⓘ work of Le Corbusier ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut ⓘ Ronchamp Chapel ⓘ linked to: Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp
architect	Le Corbusier ⓘ
completionDate	1955 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1953 ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Our Lady of the Heights ⓘ linked to: Queen of Heaven Virgin Mary ⓘ
denomination	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
designedIn	early 1950s ⓘ
function	pilgrimage site ⓘ place of worship ⓘ
hasCapacity	small interior congregation ⓘ
hasFeature	bell tower ⓘ irregularly placed windows ⓘ outdoor altar ⓘ roof separated from walls by light gap ⓘ sculptural roof ⓘ side chapels ⓘ thick curving walls ⓘ
hasOutdoorSpaceFor	large pilgrimage crowds ⓘ
hasPilgrimageFeast	Assumption of Mary ⓘ
hasVisitorCenterBy	Renzo Piano ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1955 ⓘ
locatedIn	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ⓘ Haute-Saône ⓘ Ronchamp ⓘ linked to: Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp
materialUsed	reinforced concrete ⓘ stone ⓘ
notableFor	influence on modern religious architecture ⓘ innovative use of natural light ⓘ sculptural architectural form ⓘ
orientation	hilltop site ⓘ
ownedBy	Association Oeuvre Notre-Dame du Haut ⓘ
partOf	The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replaced	earlier chapel destroyed in World War II ⓘ
roofShape	sweeping curved concrete shell ⓘ
style	Expressionist architecture ⓘ Modern architecture ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	2016 ⓘ

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