Site François-Mitterrand

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campus of the Bibliothèque nationale de France cultural infrastructure library building complex

Site François-Mitterrand is the modern main campus of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, known for its four L-shaped glass towers symbolizing open books.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bibliothèque nationale de France François-Mitterrand site	5
François-Mitterrand site of the Bibliothèque nationale de France	2
French National Library François-Mitterrand site	1
Site François-Mitterrand canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1187449 — 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: Site François-Mitterrand
Context triple: [Bibliothèque nationale de France, hasMainBuilding, Site François-Mitterrand]

A. Pascal Mitterrand
Pascal Mitterrand is a French businessman and one of the sons of former French president François Mitterrand.
B. Jean-Christophe Mitterrand
Jean-Christophe Mitterrand is a French journalist and former political adviser, best known as the son of former French President François Mitterrand and for his involvement in the "Angolagate" arms trafficking scandal.
C. Gilbert Mitterrand
Gilbert Mitterrand is a French politician and the son of former French president François Mitterrand.
D. Georges Pompidou
Georges Pompidou was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974, overseeing modernization and economic growth.
E. François Mitterrand
François Mitterrand was a French Socialist politician who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, overseeing major domestic reforms and playing a key role in European integration and international affairs.
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: Site François-Mitterrand
Target entity description: Site François-Mitterrand is the modern main campus of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, known for its four L-shaped glass towers symbolizing open books.

A. Pascal Mitterrand
Pascal Mitterrand is a French businessman and one of the sons of former French president François Mitterrand.
B. Jean-Christophe Mitterrand
Jean-Christophe Mitterrand is a French journalist and former political adviser, best known as the son of former French President François Mitterrand and for his involvement in the "Angolagate" arms trafficking scandal.
C. Gilbert Mitterrand
Gilbert Mitterrand is a French politician and the son of former French president François Mitterrand.
D. Georges Pompidou
Georges Pompidou was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974, overseeing modernization and economic growth.
E. François Mitterrand
François Mitterrand was a French Socialist politician who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, overseeing major domestic reforms and playing a key role in European integration and international affairs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	campus of the Bibliothèque nationale de France ⓘ cultural infrastructure ⓘ library building complex ⓘ
architect	Dominique Perrault ⓘ
architecturalStyle	contemporary architecture ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in the 13th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ National libraries in France ⓘ
city	Paris ⓘ
collectionType	audio-visual materials ⓘ books ⓘ digital resources ⓘ maps ⓘ periodicals ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1989 ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
function	legal deposit repository ⓘ national library campus ⓘ research library ⓘ
hasPart	auditorium ⓘ central garden ⓘ exhibition spaces ⓘ four L-shaped glass towers ⓘ public library spaces ⓘ reading rooms ⓘ research library ⓘ
hasUndergroundLevels	yes ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.bnf.fr ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Patrimoine du XXe siècle (20th-century heritage label) ⓘ
inception	1996 ⓘ
languageOfSignage	French ⓘ
locatedIn	13th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ Paris ⓘ
locatedOn	left bank of the River Seine ⓘ
namedAfter	François Mitterrand ⓘ
notableFeature	extensive underground book stacks ⓘ large sunken forest garden ⓘ
officialOpeningDate	1996-12-20 ⓘ
operator	Bibliothèque nationale de France ⓘ
owner	French state ⓘ linked to: France
partOf	Bibliothèque nationale de France ⓘ BnF multi-site network ⓘ
precededBy	historic BnF sites on Rue de Richelieu ⓘ
primaryUse	storage and consultation of national collections ⓘ
publicTransitAccess	Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand station ⓘ linked to: Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand Paris Métro Line 14 ⓘ RER C ⓘ
streetAddress	Quai François-Mauriac ⓘ
symbolism	four towers represent four open books ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Bibliothèque nationale de France → hasMainBuilding → Site François-Mitterrand ⓘ

Département de l’Audiovisuel → associatedWith → Bibliothèque nationale de France François-Mitterrand site ⓘ