historic centre of Lima

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic district tourist attraction

The historic centre of Lima is the colonial-era heart of Peru’s capital, renowned for its well-preserved Spanish architecture, grand plazas, and significant religious and civic buildings.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Historic Centre of Lima	57
historic center of Lima	10
Historic Centre of Lima UNESCO World Heritage Site	6
historic centre of Lima canonical	6
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Lima)	2
downtown Lima	2
Historic Centre of Lima World Heritage Site	1
Historic Centre of Lima urban ensemble	1
Historic Centre of Lima, UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
Historic center of Lima building	1
Lima Historic Centre	1
Lima historic street grid	1
Lima’s historic center	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Lima	1
historic centre of Lima, UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
old quarter of Lima	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T128816 — 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: historic centre of Lima
Context triple: [Lima, isOnUNESCOWorldHeritageTentativeList, historic centre of Lima]

A. Government Palace of Peru
The Government Palace of Peru is the official residence and main workplace of the President of Peru, located in the historic center of Lima.
B. Historic Centre of Mexico City
The Historic Centre of Mexico City is a UNESCO-listed urban core renowned for its rich colonial architecture, pre-Hispanic and Spanish heritage, and role as the political and cultural heart of Mexico.
C. Lima
Lima is the capital and largest city of Peru, known as a major political, economic, and cultural center on South America's Pacific coast.
D. Archbishopric of Lima
The Archbishopric of Lima is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Peru, historically one of the most important archdioceses in South America.
E. Sacred Valley
Sacred Valley is a fertile and historically significant region in the Peruvian Andes renowned for its Inca archaeological sites, traditional villages, and terraced landscapes.
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: historic centre of Lima
Target entity description: The historic centre of Lima is the colonial-era heart of Peru’s capital, renowned for its well-preserved Spanish architecture, grand plazas, and significant religious and civic buildings.

A. Government Palace of Peru
The Government Palace of Peru is the official residence and main workplace of the President of Peru, located in the historic center of Lima.
B. Historic Centre of Mexico City
The Historic Centre of Mexico City is a UNESCO-listed urban core renowned for its rich colonial architecture, pre-Hispanic and Spanish heritage, and role as the political and cultural heart of Mexico.
C. Lima
Lima is the capital and largest city of Peru, known as a major political, economic, and cultural center on South America's Pacific coast.
D. Archbishopric of Lima
The Archbishopric of Lima is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Peru, historically one of the most important archdioceses in South America.
E. Sacred Valley
Sacred Valley is a fertile and historically significant region in the Peruvian Andes renowned for its Inca archaeological sites, traditional villages, and terraced landscapes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ historic district ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
capitalOf	Peru ⓘ
contains	Archbishop’s Palace of Lima ⓘ Basilica and Convent of La Merced ⓘ Basilica and Convent of San Francisco ⓘ Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo ⓘ Casa de Aliaga ⓘ Casa de Osambela ⓘ Casa de Riva-Agüero ⓘ Church of La Soledad ⓘ Church of San Agustín ⓘ Church of San Marcelo ⓘ Church of San Pedro ⓘ Desamparados railway station ⓘ Government Palace of Peru ⓘ Jirón de la Unión ⓘ Lima Cathedral ⓘ Municipal Palace of Lima ⓘ Parque de la Muralla ⓘ Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ Plaza San Martín ⓘ Torre Tagle Palace ⓘ
country	Peru ⓘ
extendedInYear	1991 ⓘ
foundationDate	1535 ⓘ
foundedBy	Francisco Pizarro ⓘ
governingBody	Municipality of Lima ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Baroque architecture ⓘ Neoclassical architecture ⓘ Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	central plazas ⓘ grid street plan ⓘ religious complexes ⓘ wooden colonial balconies ⓘ
heritageCriteria	UNESCO criterion (ii) ⓘ UNESCO criterion (iv) ⓘ
inscriptionYear	1988 ⓘ
locatedIn	Lima ⓘ Lima Province ⓘ Lima Region ⓘ
originalName	Ciudad de los Reyes ⓘ
partOf	City of Lima ⓘ linked to: Lima
periodOfSignificance	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
UNESCORegion	Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ linked to: Latin America

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