Salpêtrière prison

E122828

detention facility prison

Salpêtrière prison was a notorious Parisian detention facility, originally part of a vast hospital complex, that became infamous for its role in the violent upheavals of the French Revolution.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bastille prison	1
Prison de la Salpêtrière	1
Salpêtrière prison canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T993504 — 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: Salpêtrière prison
Context triple: [September Massacres, tookPlaceIn, Salpêtrière prison]

A. Île d’Yeu prison
Île d’Yeu prison was a French island penitentiary best known for holding Marshal Philippe Pétain during his post–World War II imprisonment.
B. La Force prison
La Force prison was a notorious Parisian jail during the French Revolution, known for housing political prisoners and being a major site of revolutionary violence.
C. Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum
Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum is a former psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, where Vincent van Gogh stayed and created some of his most famous works.
D. Jacobin convent
The Jacobin convent was a former Dominican monastery in Paris that became a central meeting place and symbolic stronghold of the radical Jacobin political movement during the French Revolution.
E. Conciergerie
The Conciergerie is a former royal palace and notorious Parisian prison on the Île de la Cité, best known for holding many prisoners during the French Revolution, including Marie Antoinette.
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: Salpêtrière prison
Target entity description: Salpêtrière prison was a notorious Parisian detention facility, originally part of a vast hospital complex, that became infamous for its role in the violent upheavals of the French Revolution.

A. Île d’Yeu prison
Île d’Yeu prison was a French island penitentiary best known for holding Marshal Philippe Pétain during his post–World War II imprisonment.
B. La Force prison
La Force prison was a notorious Parisian jail during the French Revolution, known for housing political prisoners and being a major site of revolutionary violence.
C. Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum
Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum is a former psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, where Vincent van Gogh stayed and created some of his most famous works.
D. Jacobin convent
The Jacobin convent was a former Dominican monastery in Paris that became a central meeting place and symbolic stronghold of the radical Jacobin political movement during the French Revolution.
E. Conciergerie
The Conciergerie is a former royal palace and notorious Parisian prison on the Île de la Cité, best known for holding many prisoners during the French Revolution, including Marie Antoinette.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	detention facility ⓘ prison ⓘ
adjacentTo	Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital ⓘ linked to: Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière
administeredBy	Hôpital général de Paris ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Prison de la Salpêtrière ⓘ linked to: Salpêtrière prison
associatedWith	Parisian urban poor control policies ⓘ women’s incarceration in early modern France ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	French Revolution ⓘ September Massacres ⓘ storming of prisons in Paris ⓘ
city	Paris ⓘ
contributedTo	history of psychiatry in France ⓘ history of social control in Ancien Régime France ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
foundedUnder	Louis XIV ⓘ linked to: Louis XIV of France
function	carceral institution ⓘ hospital-prison ⓘ
governedBy	royal authorities of France ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction	primarily women ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Ancien Régime ⓘ French Revolution ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
locatedIn	13th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ Faubourg Saint-Marcel ⓘ France ⓘ Paris ⓘ
locatedOn	left bank of the Seine ⓘ
namedAfter	Hôpital de la Salpêtrière ⓘ linked to: Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière
notableFor	harsh conditions ⓘ mass releases of prisoners during the French Revolution ⓘ role in revolutionary violence ⓘ
ownedBy	Kingdom of France ⓘ
partOf	Hôpital de la Salpêtrière ⓘ linked to: Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Hôpital général de Paris ⓘ Salpêtrière complex ⓘ linked to: Quartier de la Salpêtrière network of Parisian prisons ⓘ
presentDaySite	Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital complex ⓘ linked to: Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière
status	former prison ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ French Revolutionary period ⓘ
usedFor	confinement of prostitutes ⓘ confinement of the mentally ill ⓘ confinement of the poor ⓘ confinement of vagrants ⓘ confinement of women ⓘ detention of political prisoners ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

September Massacres → tookPlaceIn → Salpêtrière prison ⓘ

Place de la Bastille → formerSiteOf → Bastille prison ⓘ

linked to: Salpêtrière prison

Salpêtrière prison → alsoKnownAs → Prison de la Salpêtrière ⓘ