Santa Maria Church
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Santa Maria Church is a historic Spanish colonial-era Roman Catholic church in the Philippines renowned for its distinctive hilltop fortress-like architecture and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Santa Maria Church canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2773191 — 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: Santa Maria Church Context triple: [Ilocos Region, hasNotableHeritageSite, Santa Maria Church]
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A.
Molo Church
Molo Church is a historic, Gothic-Renaissance style Roman Catholic church in Iloilo City, Philippines, renowned for its all-female ensemble of saints and its status as a prominent heritage and tourist landmark.
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B.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Belén
The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Belén is a Catholic church dedicated to Our Lady of Bethlehem, serving as a key place of worship and local landmark in the town of Belén.
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C.
San Lorenzo Church
San Lorenzo Church is a historic colonial-era church in Potosí, Bolivia, renowned for its richly carved stone façade and blend of Baroque and indigenous architectural elements.
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D.
Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a historic Roman Catholic church in Wadowice, Poland, best known as the parish church of Pope John Paul II and a major pilgrimage site.
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E.
Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate
The Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate is a prominent 19th-century Roman Catholic church in Guelph, Ontario, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and historical significance.
- 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: Santa Maria Church Target entity description: Santa Maria Church is a historic Spanish colonial-era Roman Catholic church in the Philippines renowned for its distinctive hilltop fortress-like architecture and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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A.
Molo Church
Molo Church is a historic, Gothic-Renaissance style Roman Catholic church in Iloilo City, Philippines, renowned for its all-female ensemble of saints and its status as a prominent heritage and tourist landmark.
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B.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Belén
The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Belén is a Catholic church dedicated to Our Lady of Bethlehem, serving as a key place of worship and local landmark in the town of Belén.
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C.
San Lorenzo Church
San Lorenzo Church is a historic colonial-era church in Potosí, Bolivia, renowned for its richly carved stone façade and blend of Baroque and indigenous architectural elements.
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D.
Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a historic Roman Catholic church in Wadowice, Poland, best known as the parish church of Pope John Paul II and a major pilgrimage site.
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E.
Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate
The Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate is a prominent 19th-century Roman Catholic church in Guelph, Ontario, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and historical significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic church
ⓘ
Spanish colonial-era church ⓘ World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia
ⓘ
linked to:
Diocese of Nueva Segovia
|
| architecturalStyle |
Baroque
ⓘ
Earthquake Baroque ⓘ |
| builtDuring | Spanish colonial period in the Philippines ⓘ |
| category |
Churches in Ilocos Sur
ⓘ
Roman Catholic churches completed in the 18th century ⓘ Spanish Colonial architecture in the Philippines ⓘ World Heritage Sites in the Philippines ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| denomination | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| function | parish church ⓘ |
| governingBody | Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilocos Sur ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
convent
ⓘ
stairway leading up the hill ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageProtection | protected under Philippine cultural heritage law ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Ilocos Region
ⓘ
Ilocos Sur ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Luzon ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
brick construction
ⓘ
fortress-like appearance ⓘ freestanding bell tower ⓘ hilltop location ⓘ massive buttresses ⓘ |
| partOf | Baroque Churches of the Philippines ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(ii)
ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion | Asia-Pacific ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 677 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
pilgrimage site
ⓘ
religious services ⓘ |
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: Santa Maria Church Description of subject: Santa Maria Church is a historic Spanish colonial-era Roman Catholic church in the Philippines renowned for its distinctive hilltop fortress-like architecture and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.