Palais de la Légion d'honneur

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headquarters building historic building palace

The Palais de la Légion d'honneur is a historic Parisian palace on the Left Bank that serves as the headquarters of France’s national order of merit, the Légion d'honneur.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Palais de la Légion d'honneur canonical	3
Musée de la Légion d'honneur	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2257293 — 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: Palais de la Légion d'honneur
Context triple: [Grand Chancellor of the Légion d'honneur, residence, Palais de la Légion d'honneur]

A. Palais du Champ de Mars
The Palais du Champ de Mars was a vast temporary exhibition hall in Paris constructed to host major displays and events during the 1878 Exposition Universelle.
B. Palais d’Iéna
The Palais d’Iéna is a monumental Parisian building designed by architect Auguste Perret, notable for its pioneering reinforced-concrete architecture and its role as the seat of France’s Economic, Social and Environmental Council.
C. Palais de Chaillot
The Palais de Chaillot is a prominent Art Deco complex in Paris, France, best known for its sweeping terraces overlooking the Eiffel Tower and its role as a cultural hub housing several major museums and institutions.
D. Palais du Luxembourg
The Palais du Luxembourg is a historic Parisian palace that has served as a seat of French political power and now houses the French Senate.
E. Hôtel des Invalides
The Hôtel des Invalides is a grand 17th-century complex in Paris that houses military museums, monuments, and Napoleon Bonaparte’s tomb.
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: Palais de la Légion d'honneur
Target entity description: The Palais de la Légion d'honneur is a historic Parisian palace on the Left Bank that serves as the headquarters of France’s national order of merit, the Légion d'honneur.

A. Palais du Champ de Mars
The Palais du Champ de Mars was a vast temporary exhibition hall in Paris constructed to host major displays and events during the 1878 Exposition Universelle.
B. Palais d’Iéna
The Palais d’Iéna is a monumental Parisian building designed by architect Auguste Perret, notable for its pioneering reinforced-concrete architecture and its role as the seat of France’s Economic, Social and Environmental Council.
C. Palais de Chaillot
The Palais de Chaillot is a prominent Art Deco complex in Paris, France, best known for its sweeping terraces overlooking the Eiffel Tower and its role as a cultural hub housing several major museums and institutions.
D. Palais du Luxembourg
The Palais du Luxembourg is a historic Parisian palace that has served as a seat of French political power and now houses the French Senate.
E. Hôtel des Invalides
The Hôtel des Invalides is a grand 17th-century complex in Paris that houses military museums, monuments, and Napoleon Bonaparte’s tomb.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	headquarters building ⓘ historic building ⓘ palace ⓘ
administeredBy	Grand Chancery of the Légion d'honneur ⓘ
architect	Jean-Baptiste Rousseau ⓘ Pierre Rousseau ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Légion d'honneur ⓘ Ordre national du Mérite ⓘ
cityQuarter	Faubourg Saint-Germain ⓘ
commissionedBy	Frederick III, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg ⓘ
constructionEnd	1787 ⓘ
constructionStart	1782 ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
faced	stone façade ⓘ
function	administrative center of the Légion d'honneur ⓘ
hasCollection	insignia of foreign orders ⓘ insignia of historical French orders ⓘ insignia of the Légion d'honneur ⓘ insignia of the Ordre national du Mérite ⓘ
hasFeature	balustraded terrace ⓘ central courtyard ⓘ ceremonial staircase ⓘ decorated salons ⓘ sculpted pediment ⓘ
hasFunction	ceremonial venue for decoration ceremonies ⓘ
hasPart	Musée de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ linked to: Palais de la Légion d'honneur
heritageDesignationBy	French Ministry of Culture ⓘ
heritageStatus	monument historique of France ⓘ
houses	museum of French orders of chivalry ⓘ museum of foreign orders of chivalry ⓘ
inspired	Courtyard of the Palais de la Légion of Honor in San Francisco ⓘ linked to: Legion of Honor, San Francisco
locatedIn	7th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ Paris ⓘ
locatedOn	Left Bank of the Seine ⓘ Rue de Lille ⓘ
near	Assemblée nationale ⓘ Hôtel de Lassay ⓘ Musée d'Orsay ⓘ
originallyBuiltFor	Prince de Salm-Kyrbourg ⓘ linked to: Prince of Salm-Kyrburg
originalName	Hôtel de Salm ⓘ
overlooks	Seine ⓘ linked to: River Seine
ownedBy	French state ⓘ linked to: France
publicAccess	administrative areas generally closed to the public ⓘ museum open to the public ⓘ
servesAs	headquarters of the Légion d'honneur ⓘ seat of the Grand Chancery of the Légion d'honneur ⓘ
usedFor	award ceremonies of national orders ⓘ official receptions ⓘ