Château de Villandry
E164680
The Château de Villandry is a renowned French Renaissance castle in the Loire Valley, famous for its extensive and meticulously designed ornamental gardens.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Château de Villandry canonical | 13 |
| Villandry | 2 |
| Château de Villandry gardens | 1 |
| Renaissance gardens of Château de Villandry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1162417 — 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: Château de Villandry Context triple: [Touraine, containsChâteau, Château de Villandry]
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A.
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a historic royal residence near Paris that served as a principal palace of the French kings during the Renaissance and early Bourbon periods.
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B.
Gardens of Chantilly
The Gardens of Chantilly are an expansive formal French landscape renowned for their grand geometric layouts, water features, and ornamental parterres surrounding the Château de Chantilly.
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C.
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is a grand 17th-century French baroque château renowned for its harmonious architecture, lavish interiors, and influential formal gardens that inspired the design of Versailles.
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D.
Château de Meudon
The Château de Meudon was a prominent royal residence near Paris, historically used by members of the French royal family during the Ancien Régime.
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E.
Château d’Amboise
Château d’Amboise is a historic royal residence overlooking the Loire River in central France, renowned for its Renaissance architecture and association with figures such as King Charles VIII and Leonardo da Vinci.
- 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: Château de Villandry Target entity description: The Château de Villandry is a renowned French Renaissance castle in the Loire Valley, famous for its extensive and meticulously designed ornamental gardens.
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A.
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a historic royal residence near Paris that served as a principal palace of the French kings during the Renaissance and early Bourbon periods.
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B.
Gardens of Chantilly
The Gardens of Chantilly are an expansive formal French landscape renowned for their grand geometric layouts, water features, and ornamental parterres surrounding the Château de Chantilly.
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C.
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is a grand 17th-century French baroque château renowned for its harmonious architecture, lavish interiors, and influential formal gardens that inspired the design of Versailles.
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D.
Château de Meudon
The Château de Meudon was a prominent royal residence near Paris, historically used by members of the French royal family during the Ancien Régime.
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E.
Château d’Amboise
Château d’Amboise is a historic royal residence overlooking the Loire River in central France, renowned for its Renaissance architecture and association with figures such as King Charles VIII and Leonardo da Vinci.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French Renaissance château
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château ⓘ historic monument ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | French Renaissance ⓘ |
| builtBy | Jean Le Breton ⓘ |
| builtInCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| builtOnSiteOf | medieval fortress ⓘ |
| completionYear | 1536 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| famousFor |
Renaissance gardens
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decorative vegetable gardens ⓘ geometric parterres ⓘ symbolic love garden ⓘ topiary ⓘ water features ⓘ |
| gardenDesignPeriod | early 20th century restoration ⓘ |
| gardenLayout | formal French garden ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEvent | Peace of Colombiers (Villandry) in 1189 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapel
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courtyard ⓘ herb garden ⓘ keep ⓘ kitchen garden ⓘ maze ⓘ moat ⓘ ornamental gardens ⓘ sun garden ⓘ terraced gardens ⓘ water garden ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | River Cher valley ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Monument historique of France ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Villandry
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linked to:
Château de Villandry
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| locatedInDepartment | Indre-et-Loire ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Centre-Val de Loire ⓘ |
| locatedInValley | Loire Valley ⓘ |
| locatedNearCity |
Tours
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linked to:
Tours, France
|
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| originalOwner | Jean Le Breton ⓘ |
| partOf |
Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site
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linked to:
Loire Valley cultural landscape
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| purchasedBy | Joachim Carvallo ⓘ |
| purchasedInYear | 1906 ⓘ |
| restoredBy |
Ann Coleman
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Joachim Carvallo ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
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garden tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSince | 2000 ⓘ |
| usesDesignElement |
boxwood hedges
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color-themed flower beds ⓘ symmetrical patterns ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Château de Villandry Description of subject: The Château de Villandry is a renowned French Renaissance castle in the Loire Valley, famous for its extensive and meticulously designed ornamental gardens.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire
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containsChâteau
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Château de Villandry
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subject linked to:
Indre-et-Loire department
linked to: Château de Villandry
linked to: Château de Villandry
linked to: Château de Villandry
linked to: Château de Villandry