Mérida Cathedral
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Mérida Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Mérida, Mexico, renowned as one of the oldest cathedrals on the American continent and a prominent example of colonial Spanish architecture.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Catedral de Mérida | 5 |
| Cathedral of Mérida | 3 |
| Mérida Cathedral canonical | 3 |
| Catedral de San Ildefonso (Mérida Cathedral) | 1 |
| Mérida Cathedral façade | 1 |
| Parroquia de la Catedral de Mérida | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2340484 — 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: Mérida Cathedral Context triple: [Mérida, hasReligiousBuilding, Mérida Cathedral]
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A.
Trujillo Cathedral
Trujillo Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church and prominent architectural landmark located in the main square of Trujillo, Peru.
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B.
León Cathedral
León Cathedral is a renowned Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral in León, Spain, celebrated for its stunning stained-glass windows and architectural elegance.
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C.
Granada Cathedral
Granada Cathedral is a grand Spanish Renaissance and Baroque-style Roman Catholic cathedral in Granada, renowned for its impressive architecture and historical significance in Andalusia.
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D.
Guadalajara Cathedral
Guadalajara Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church and iconic architectural symbol of Guadalajara, Mexico, known for its distinctive twin towers and blend of Gothic, Baroque, and Neoclassical styles.
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E.
Seville Cathedral
Seville Cathedral is a vast Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville, Spain, renowned as one of the largest churches in the world and noted for housing the tomb of Christopher Columbus.
- 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: Mérida Cathedral Target entity description: Mérida Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Mérida, Mexico, renowned as one of the oldest cathedrals on the American continent and a prominent example of colonial Spanish architecture.
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A.
Trujillo Cathedral
Trujillo Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church and prominent architectural landmark located in the main square of Trujillo, Peru.
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B.
León Cathedral
León Cathedral is a renowned Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral in León, Spain, celebrated for its stunning stained-glass windows and architectural elegance.
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C.
Granada Cathedral
Granada Cathedral is a grand Spanish Renaissance and Baroque-style Roman Catholic cathedral in Granada, renowned for its impressive architecture and historical significance in Andalusia.
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D.
Guadalajara Cathedral
Guadalajara Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church and iconic architectural symbol of Guadalajara, Mexico, known for its distinctive twin towers and blend of Gothic, Baroque, and Neoclassical styles.
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E.
Seville Cathedral
Seville Cathedral is a vast Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville, Spain, renowned as one of the largest churches in the world and noted for housing the tomb of Christopher Columbus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic cathedral
ⓘ
church building ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Catedral de Mérida
ⓘ
linked to:
Mérida Cathedral
Catedral de San Ildefonso ⓘ Cathedral of Mérida ⓘ
linked to:
Mérida Cathedral
|
| architecturalStyle |
Baroque architecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Baroque
Renaissance architecture ⓘ Spanish Colonial architecture ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Roman Catholic Church in Mexico
ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church in Mexico
|
| builtOn | site of a former Maya temple ⓘ |
| centuryCompleted | 16th century ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1598 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1560 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| diocese |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yucatán
ⓘ
linked to:
Archdiocese of Yucatán
|
| faces |
Plaza Grande, Mérida
ⓘ
linked to:
Mérida historic center
|
| floorPlanType | basilica plan ⓘ |
| foundedUnderRuleOf | Philip II of Spain ⓘ |
| governingBody | Archdiocese of Yucatán ⓘ |
| hasFacade | main stone façade facing Plaza Grande ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central nave
ⓘ
large wooden crucifix ⓘ main altar ⓘ side chapels ⓘ twin bell towers ⓘ |
| hasTowerCount | 2 ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic monument ⓘ |
| isOneOf | oldest cathedrals in the Americas ⓘ |
| liturgicalRite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Historic center of Mérida
ⓘ
linked to:
Mérida historic center
Mérida, Yucatán ⓘ
linked to:
Mérida
Yucatán ⓘ
linked to:
Yucatán state
|
| materialUsed |
limestone
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| region | Southeastern Mexico ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| significance |
important religious center in southeastern Mexico
ⓘ
major tourist attraction in Mérida ⓘ symbol of Spanish colonial presence in Yucatán ⓘ |
| status | cathedral ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Catholic liturgy
ⓘ
cultural events ⓘ religious services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mérida Cathedral Description of subject: Mérida Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Mérida, Mexico, renowned as one of the oldest cathedrals on the American continent and a prominent example of colonial Spanish architecture.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
state of Yucatán
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linked to: Mérida Cathedral