Dragon Stairway

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architectural feature staircase tourist attraction

Dragon Stairway is the iconic, mosaic-covered staircase in Barcelona’s Park Güell, renowned for its colorful dragon (or salamander) sculpture designed by Antoni Gaudí.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Dragon Staircase	1
Dragon Stairway canonical	1
Salamander Stairway	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2428666 — 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: Dragon Stairway
Context triple: [Park Güell, hasPart, Dragon Stairway]

A. Jordan Staircase
The Jordan Staircase is a grand, richly decorated ceremonial staircase in the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, renowned for its opulent Baroque architecture and role in imperial court rituals.
B. Stone Tower
Stone Tower is a historic stone observation tower located within Lynn Woods Reservation in Lynn, Massachusetts, offering panoramic views of the surrounding forest and coastline.
C. Queen's Staircase
Queen's Staircase is a historic limestone staircase in Nassau, Bahamas, carved by enslaved people in the late 18th century and now a major cultural and tourist landmark.
D. Hall of Lost Steps
The Hall of Lost Steps is a grand, echoing interior hall within Havana’s El Capitolio, renowned for its impressive scale and acoustics.
E. Gate of Felicity
The Gate of Felicity is the ceremonial inner gateway of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, marking the entrance to the sultan’s private and administrative quarters in the Ottoman imperial complex.
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: Dragon Stairway
Target entity description: Dragon Stairway is the iconic, mosaic-covered staircase in Barcelona’s Park Güell, renowned for its colorful dragon (or salamander) sculpture designed by Antoni Gaudí.

A. Jordan Staircase
The Jordan Staircase is a grand, richly decorated ceremonial staircase in the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, renowned for its opulent Baroque architecture and role in imperial court rituals.
B. Stone Tower
Stone Tower is a historic stone observation tower located within Lynn Woods Reservation in Lynn, Massachusetts, offering panoramic views of the surrounding forest and coastline.
C. Queen's Staircase
Queen's Staircase is a historic limestone staircase in Nassau, Bahamas, carved by enslaved people in the late 18th century and now a major cultural and tourist landmark.
D. Hall of Lost Steps
The Hall of Lost Steps is a grand, echoing interior hall within Havana’s El Capitolio, renowned for its impressive scale and acoustics.
E. Gate of Felicity
The Gate of Felicity is the ceremonial inner gateway of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, marking the entrance to the sultan’s private and administrative quarters in the Ottoman imperial complex.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural feature ⓘ staircase ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dragon Staircase ⓘ linked to: Dragon Stairway Escalinata del Dragón ⓘ Salamander Stairway ⓘ linked to: Dragon Stairway
architect	Antoni Gaudí ⓘ
artMovement	Modernisme ⓘ linked to: Modernisme català
associatedWith	Antoni Gaudí’s organic architecture ⓘ
constructionPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
culturalSignificance	emblematic example of Gaudí’s use of trencadís ⓘ
decorativeTechnique	trencadís mosaic ⓘ
designer	Antoni Gaudí ⓘ
feature	balustrades covered with mosaics ⓘ central dragon fountain ⓘ colorful ceramic tiles ⓘ symmetrical flights of steps ⓘ
function	connects main entrance to Hypostyle Room ⓘ
hasArtisticElement	serpentine forms and curves ⓘ shield of Catalonia in mosaic ⓘ
hasSculpture	El Drac ⓘ Park Güell salamander ⓘ
hasWaterFeature	fountain integrated into dragon sculpture ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí" ⓘ
locatedBelow	Hypostyle Room (Doric Temple) ⓘ linked to: Hypostyle Room
locatedIn	Barcelona ⓘ Catalonia ⓘ Park Güell ⓘ Spain ⓘ
locatedNear	Park Güell main gate ⓘ linked to: Park Güell
material	stone ⓘ
openingDate	1914 ⓘ
ownership	City of Barcelona ⓘ linked to: Barcelona
partOf	Park Güell main entrance axis ⓘ Park Güell monumental zone ⓘ linked to: Park Güell
style	Catalan Modernisme ⓘ linked to: Modernisme català
symbolOf	Barcelona’s modernist architecture ⓘ Park Güell ⓘ
tourismImportance	one of the most photographed spots in Barcelona ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1984 ⓘ
visitorAccess	public ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Park Güell → hasPart → Dragon Stairway ⓘ

Dragon Stairway → alsoKnownAs → Dragon Staircase ⓘ

linked to: Dragon Stairway

Dragon Stairway → alsoKnownAs → Salamander Stairway ⓘ