Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral

E150572

Roman Catholic cathedral church building national landmark

Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral is the principal Roman Catholic church and an iconic neoclassical landmark in the historic center of Santiago, Chile.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral canonical	11
Catedral Metropolitana de Santiago	4
Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago	3
Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago	1
Santiago Cathedral	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1271997 — 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: Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral
Context triple: [Plaza de Armas, hasPart, Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral]

A. La Serena Cathedral
La Serena Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic church and architectural landmark located in the historic center of La Serena, Chile.
B. Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador is the principal Roman Catholic church of El Salvador’s capital, known for its prominent role in the country’s religious life and as the burial place of Archbishop Óscar Romero.
C. Lima Cathedral
Lima Cathedral is the principal Roman Catholic church of Lima, Peru, renowned for its colonial architecture and its prominent location on the city’s main square.
D. San Juan Cathedral
San Juan Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, known as one of the oldest churches in the Americas and a prominent colonial-era landmark.
E. Cathedral of San Miguel Arcángel
The Cathedral of San Miguel Arcángel is a prominent historic Catholic church and architectural landmark located in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico.
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: Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral
Target entity description: Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral is the principal Roman Catholic church and an iconic neoclassical landmark in the historic center of Santiago, Chile.

A. La Serena Cathedral
La Serena Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic church and architectural landmark located in the historic center of La Serena, Chile.
B. Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador is the principal Roman Catholic church of El Salvador’s capital, known for its prominent role in the country’s religious life and as the burial place of Archbishop Óscar Romero.
C. Lima Cathedral
Lima Cathedral is the principal Roman Catholic church of Lima, Peru, renowned for its colonial architecture and its prominent location on the city’s main square.
D. San Juan Cathedral
San Juan Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, known as one of the oldest churches in the Americas and a prominent colonial-era landmark.
E. Cathedral of San Miguel Arcángel
The Cathedral of San Miguel Arcángel is a prominent historic Catholic church and architectural landmark located in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic cathedral ⓘ church building ⓘ national landmark ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Baroque architecture ⓘ linked to: Baroque Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
completionDateOfCurrentBuilding	early 19th century ⓘ
coordinateLocation	-33.437°S 70.650°W ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Apostle James the Greater ⓘ Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ linked to: Assumption of Mary
denomination	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
elevation	approximately 540 m above sea level ⓘ
floorCount	1 main level plus crypt ⓘ
follows	earlier colonial cathedrals on the same site ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	key landmark of Plaza de Armas ⓘ symbol of Catholicism in Chile ⓘ
hasPart	bell towers ⓘ chapel of the Blessed Sacrament ⓘ crypt ⓘ high altar ⓘ main nave ⓘ organ ⓘ sacristy ⓘ side naves ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Monument of Chile ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1951 ⓘ
isCathedralOf	Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile ⓘ
isPartOf	historic center of Santiago ⓘ
isTouristAttraction	true ⓘ
locatedIn	Plaza de Armas, Santiago ⓘ linked to: Plaza de Armas de Santiago Santiago ⓘ Santiago city center ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Santiago Metropolitan Region ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Chile Standard Time ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ marble ⓘ stone ⓘ
notableFor	neoclassical façade ⓘ richly decorated interior ⓘ role as principal church of Chile ⓘ
operator	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile ⓘ linked to: Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
ownedBy	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile ⓘ linked to: Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rite	Latin Rite ⓘ
significantEvent	19th-century remodeling ⓘ earthquake damage and reconstruction ⓘ
startDateOfCurrentBuilding	18th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

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

Plaza de Armas → hasPart → Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral ⓘ

Plaza de Armas → adjacentTo → Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral ⓘ

Archbishop of Santiago → cathedral → Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago ⓘ