Ramos de Azevedo
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Ramos de Azevedo was a prominent Brazilian architect and engineer known for shaping São Paulo’s urban landscape in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ramos de Azevedo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2633732 — 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: Ramos de Azevedo Context triple: [Municipal Theatre of São Paulo, architect, Ramos de Azevedo]
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A.
José Pinheiro de Azevedo
José Pinheiro de Azevedo was a Portuguese naval officer and politician who served as prime minister during the turbulent post-Carnation Revolution transitional period in the mid-1970s.
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B.
Salgueiro Maia
Salgueiro Maia was a Portuguese army captain who became one of the central leaders of the 1974 military coup that peacefully overthrew the Estado Novo dictatorship.
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C.
Tomé de Sousa
Tomé de Sousa was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and military officer best known as the first Governor-General of Brazil, where he founded the city of Salvador and helped establish colonial administration.
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D.
Henrique Alvim Corrêa
Henrique Alvim Corrêa was a Brazilian illustrator and painter best known for his dark, visionary artwork created for early editions of H.G. Wells’s science fiction.
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E.
Delmiro Gouveia
Delmiro Gouveia is a municipality in northeastern Brazil known for its historical association with early industrial development and the pioneering entrepreneur Delmiro Augusto da Cruz Gouveia.
- 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: Ramos de Azevedo Target entity description: Ramos de Azevedo was a prominent Brazilian architect and engineer known for shaping São Paulo’s urban landscape in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
José Pinheiro de Azevedo
José Pinheiro de Azevedo was a Portuguese naval officer and politician who served as prime minister during the turbulent post-Carnation Revolution transitional period in the mid-1970s.
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B.
Salgueiro Maia
Salgueiro Maia was a Portuguese army captain who became one of the central leaders of the 1974 military coup that peacefully overthrew the Estado Novo dictatorship.
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C.
Tomé de Sousa
Tomé de Sousa was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and military officer best known as the first Governor-General of Brazil, where he founded the city of Salvador and helped establish colonial administration.
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D.
Henrique Alvim Corrêa
Henrique Alvim Corrêa was a Brazilian illustrator and painter best known for his dark, visionary artwork created for early editions of H.G. Wells’s science fiction.
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E.
Delmiro Gouveia
Delmiro Gouveia is a municipality in northeastern Brazil known for its historical association with early industrial development and the pioneering entrepreneur Delmiro Augusto da Cruz Gouveia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architect
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civil engineer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts architecture
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linked to:
Beaux-Arts
eclecticism ⓘ neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Estátua de Ramos de Azevedo (statue in São Paulo)
ⓘ
linked to:
Monumento a Ramos de Azevedo
Praça Ramos de Azevedo (square in São Paulo) ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | South America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Escola Politécnica do Rio de Janeiro (precursor institutions / Brazilian engineering education)
ⓘ
linked to:
Escola Politécnica do Rio de Janeiro
Ghent University ⓘ |
| employer |
Estado de São Paulo
ⓘ
linked to:
state of São Paulo
Prefeitura de São Paulo ⓘ
linked to:
Municipality of São Paulo
|
| familyName | Ramos de Azevedo ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | Francisco de Paula ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignationOnWork |
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo is a protected heritage building
ⓘ
linked to:
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
Theatro Municipal de São Paulo is a protected heritage building ⓘ
linked to:
Municipal Theatre of São Paulo
|
| hasPartInHisLegacy | Escritório Técnico Ramos de Azevedo (architecture office) ⓘ |
| influenced | development of São Paulo’s civic architecture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| name | Francisco de Paula Ramos de Azevedo ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
design of major public buildings in São Paulo
ⓘ
shaping the urban landscape of São Paulo in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (original building)
ⓘ
Liceu de Artes e Ofícios de São Paulo (building) ⓘ
linked to:
Liceu de Artes e Ofícios building
Mercado Municipal de São Paulo (project attribution) ⓘ Palácio da Justiça de São Paulo ⓘ Palácio das Indústrias ⓘ Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo ⓘ Theatro Municipal de São Paulo ⓘ
linked to:
Municipal Theatre of São Paulo
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| occupation |
architect
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engineer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | São Paulo ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | São Paulo ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of Liceu de Artes e Ofícios de São Paulo
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head of public works in São Paulo ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Campinas
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São Paulo ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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