Larabanga Mosque heritage site

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Islamic religious site heritage site historic building mosque

Larabanga Mosque heritage site is a historic 15th-century mud-and-stick mosque in northern Ghana, renowned as one of West Africa’s oldest Islamic places of worship and a significant cultural and architectural landmark.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Larabanga Mosque	5
Larabanga Ancient Mosque	1
Larabanga Mosque heritage site canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2518748 — 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: Larabanga Mosque heritage site
Context triple: [Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, supervises, Larabanga Mosque heritage site]

A. Dakar Grand Mosque
The Dakar Grand Mosque is one of Senegal’s most important Islamic religious sites, known for its striking minaret and prominent location in the capital city.
B. Hassan Mosque complex
The Hassan Mosque complex is an unfinished 12th-century monumental mosque site in Rabat, Morocco, centered around the iconic Hassan Tower and intended to be one of the largest mosques in the world.
C. Old Towns of Djenné
The Old Towns of Djenné are a historic urban ensemble in Mali renowned for their distinctive Sudano-Sahelian mud-brick architecture and long-standing role as a center of trans-Saharan trade and Islamic scholarship.
D. Kano Central Mosque
Kano Central Mosque is the principal congregational mosque and a major Islamic religious and cultural landmark in the historic city of Kano, Nigeria.
E. Sule Pagoda
Sule Pagoda is a historic Buddhist stupa and prominent religious and cultural landmark located in the heart of downtown Yangon, Myanmar.
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: Larabanga Mosque heritage site
Target entity description: Larabanga Mosque heritage site is a historic 15th-century mud-and-stick mosque in northern Ghana, renowned as one of West Africa’s oldest Islamic places of worship and a significant cultural and architectural landmark.

A. Dakar Grand Mosque
The Dakar Grand Mosque is one of Senegal’s most important Islamic religious sites, known for its striking minaret and prominent location in the capital city.
B. Hassan Mosque complex
The Hassan Mosque complex is an unfinished 12th-century monumental mosque site in Rabat, Morocco, centered around the iconic Hassan Tower and intended to be one of the largest mosques in the world.
C. Old Towns of Djenné
The Old Towns of Djenné are a historic urban ensemble in Mali renowned for their distinctive Sudano-Sahelian mud-brick architecture and long-standing role as a center of trans-Saharan trade and Islamic scholarship.
D. Kano Central Mosque
Kano Central Mosque is the principal congregational mosque and a major Islamic religious and cultural landmark in the historic city of Kano, Nigeria.
E. Sule Pagoda
Sule Pagoda is a historic Buddhist stupa and prominent religious and cultural landmark located in the heart of downtown Yangon, Myanmar.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic religious site ⓘ heritage site ⓘ historic building ⓘ mosque ⓘ
accessPolicy	interior access for non-Muslims is restricted or limited ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Sudano-Sahelian architecture ⓘ
builderTradition	founded by Islamic trader Ayuba or Abu al-Hasan ⓘ
category	Sudano-Sahelian mosques in West Africa ⓘ historic mosque in Ghana ⓘ
color	whitewashed exterior with dark timber elements ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Ghana ⓘ
culturalImportance	key attraction for cultural tourism in Ghana ⓘ symbol of early Islam in northern Ghana ⓘ
denomination	Sunni Islam ⓘ
estimatedConstructionCentury	15th century ⓘ
estimatedConstructionDate	circa 1421 ⓘ
governedBy	local mosque committee of Larabanga ⓘ
hasFeature	buttresses ⓘ conical minaret ⓘ pyramid-shaped mihrab tower ⓘ timber support beams ⓘ wooden stakes projecting from walls ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Ghanaian national monument ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected heritage site of Ghana ⓘ
localLegend	associated with a mystic stone that returned when moved ⓘ
localName	Larabanga Ancient Mosque ⓘ linked to: Larabanga Mosque heritage site
locatedIn	Larabanga ⓘ linked to: Larabanga Mystic Stone
locatedInArea	near Mole National Park ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Northern Region, Ghana ⓘ linked to: Northern Region of Ghana
materialUsed	mud ⓘ sticks ⓘ timber ⓘ whitewashed plaster ⓘ
nearbyAttraction	Mole National Park ⓘ
orientation	mihrab facing Mecca ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
restoration	subject to conservation and restoration projects ⓘ
roofType	flat earthen roof supported by timber ⓘ
significance	important pilgrimage site for Muslims in Ghana ⓘ one of the oldest Islamic places of worship in Ghana ⓘ one of the oldest mosques in West Africa ⓘ
threat	erosion and weathering of mud structure ⓘ structural damage from heavy rains ⓘ
tourismImpact	source of income for Larabanga community ⓘ
usedFor	Friday congregational prayers ⓘ Islamic festivals ⓘ daily prayers ⓘ
wallType	thick load-bearing mud walls ⓘ

How these facts were elicited