Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca

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UNESCO World Heritage Site coastal fortification fortress tourist attraction

Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca is a 17th-century Spanish fortress overlooking the Bay of Santiago de Cuba, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the best-preserved examples of Caribbean military architecture.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Castillo del Morro	3
Castillo del Morro (Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca)	2
Castillo del Morro (Santiago de Cuba)	2
Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca del Morro	1
Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca canonical	1
Morro Castle (Santiago de Cuba)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1099843 — 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: Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca
Context triple: [Santiago de Cuba, hasHistoricSite, Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca]

A. Castillo del Morro
Castillo del Morro is a historic Spanish fortress guarding the entrance to Havana Bay, renowned for its strategic coastal defenses and iconic lighthouse.
B. Castillo San Felipe del Morro
Castillo San Felipe del Morro is a historic 16th-century Spanish fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico, renowned for guarding the entrance to San Juan Bay and serving as a key military stronghold in the Caribbean.
C. Castillo San Cristóbal
Castillo San Cristóbal is a massive 18th-century Spanish fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico, built to protect the city from land-based attacks and now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
D. Santa Cruz Fort
Santa Cruz Fort is a historic coastal fortress overlooking the city of Oran in Algeria, known for its strategic hilltop position and panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea.
E. Old San Juan
Old San Juan is the historic colonial district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, renowned for its cobblestone streets, colorful Spanish architecture, and massive 16th-century fortifications.
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: Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca
Target entity description: Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca is a 17th-century Spanish fortress overlooking the Bay of Santiago de Cuba, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the best-preserved examples of Caribbean military architecture.

A. Castillo del Morro
Castillo del Morro is a historic Spanish fortress guarding the entrance to Havana Bay, renowned for its strategic coastal defenses and iconic lighthouse.
B. Castillo San Felipe del Morro
Castillo San Felipe del Morro is a historic 16th-century Spanish fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico, renowned for guarding the entrance to San Juan Bay and serving as a key military stronghold in the Caribbean.
C. Castillo San Cristóbal
Castillo San Cristóbal is a massive 18th-century Spanish fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico, built to protect the city from land-based attacks and now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
D. Santa Cruz Fort
Santa Cruz Fort is a historic coastal fortress overlooking the city of Oran in Algeria, known for its strategic hilltop position and panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea.
E. Old San Juan
Old San Juan is the historic colonial district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, renowned for its cobblestone streets, colorful Spanish architecture, and massive 16th-century fortifications.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ coastal fortification ⓘ fortress ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca ⓘ linked to: San Pedro de la Roca Castle Castillo del Morro ⓘ linked to: Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca Morro de Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Spanish colonial military architecture ⓘ bastion fort ⓘ
builtInCentury	17th century ⓘ
commissionedBy	Spanish Crown ⓘ linked to: Crown of Spain
constructionEnd	1700 ⓘ
constructionStart	1638 ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Cuba ⓘ
currentUse	museum ⓘ
designedBy	Giovanni Battista Antonelli ⓘ Juan Bautista Antonelli ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	about 60 meters ⓘ
governingBody	Cuban authorities ⓘ
hasPart	barracks ⓘ bastions ⓘ batteries ⓘ drawbridges ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ magazines ⓘ moats ⓘ ramparts ⓘ
heritageCriteria	UNESCO cultural criterion (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageRegion	Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ linked to: Latin America
knownFor	being one of the best-preserved examples of Caribbean military architecture ⓘ state of conservation ⓘ strategic location at entrance to Santiago de Cuba Bay ⓘ
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
locatedOn	cliff ⓘ southeastern coast of Cuba ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
museumType	military history museum ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
overlooks	Bay of Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
partOf	defensive system of Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
purpose	defense of Santiago de Cuba ⓘ protection against corsairs ⓘ protection against pirate attacks ⓘ protection against rival colonial powers ⓘ
significantEvent	British attack of 1662 ⓘ attacks by English and French corsairs in the 17th century ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1997 ⓘ
usedAs	coastal defense fortification ⓘ museum ⓘ prison ⓘ

How these facts were elicited