Mỹ Sơn temple complex

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Hindu temple complex UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site tourist attraction

Mỹ Sơn temple complex is an ancient Hindu temple sanctuary in central Vietnam, renowned as a major religious and political center of the Champa civilization and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary	5
Mỹ Sơn temple complex canonical	4
Thánh địa Mỹ Sơn	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3417318 — 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: Mỹ Sơn temple complex
Context triple: [Champa, hasSite, Mỹ Sơn temple complex]

A. Tran Quoc Pagoda
Tran Quoc Pagoda is an ancient and historically significant Buddhist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam, renowned for its picturesque setting on a small islet in West Lake.
B. Ngoc Son Temple
Ngoc Son Temple is a historic and picturesque Vietnamese temple situated on a small island in Hanoi’s Hoàn Kiếm Lake, dedicated to national heroes and Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist deities.
C. Angkor Archaeological Park
Angkor Archaeological Park is a vast UNESCO World Heritage site in northwestern Cambodia renowned for its monumental Khmer temple complexes, including Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom.
D. Dien Huu Pagoda
Dien Huu Pagoda, better known as the One Pillar Pagoda, is a historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam, famed for its unique lotus-shaped structure rising from a single stone pillar.
E. Bach Ma Temple
Bach Ma Temple is one of Hanoi’s oldest and most revered temples, dedicated to a white horse spirit and situated in the historic Old Quarter.
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: Mỹ Sơn temple complex
Target entity description: Mỹ Sơn temple complex is an ancient Hindu temple sanctuary in central Vietnam, renowned as a major religious and political center of the Champa civilization and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A. Tran Quoc Pagoda
Tran Quoc Pagoda is an ancient and historically significant Buddhist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam, renowned for its picturesque setting on a small islet in West Lake.
B. Ngoc Son Temple
Ngoc Son Temple is a historic and picturesque Vietnamese temple situated on a small island in Hanoi’s Hoàn Kiếm Lake, dedicated to national heroes and Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist deities.
C. Angkor Archaeological Park
Angkor Archaeological Park is a vast UNESCO World Heritage site in northwestern Cambodia renowned for its monumental Khmer temple complexes, including Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom.
D. Dien Huu Pagoda
Dien Huu Pagoda, better known as the One Pillar Pagoda, is a historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam, famed for its unique lotus-shaped structure rising from a single stone pillar.
E. Bach Ma Temple
Bach Ma Temple is one of Hanoi’s oldest and most revered temples, dedicated to a white horse spirit and situated in the historic Old Quarter.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu temple complex ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Cham architecture ⓘ Hindu temple architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Cham people ⓘ Champa civilization ⓘ linked to: Champa
conservationActivity	subject to restoration and preservation projects ⓘ
conservationStatus	partially ruined ⓘ
country	Vietnam ⓘ linked to: Viet Nam
damage	heavily damaged during the Vietnam War ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Shiva ⓘ
function	political center ⓘ religious center ⓘ royal burial site ⓘ
hasFeature	Cham inscriptions ⓘ Sanskrit inscriptions ⓘ bas-relief carvings ⓘ gopura gateways ⓘ mandapa halls ⓘ stone lingas ⓘ tower-temples (kalan) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Vietnam ⓘ Duy Xuyên District ⓘ Quảng Nam Province ⓘ linked to: Quảng Nam province Trà Kiệu region ⓘ valley surrounded by mountains ⓘ
mainDeity	Bhadresvara (local form of Shiva) ⓘ
materialUsed	baked brick ⓘ sandstone ⓘ
near	Hội An ⓘ linked to: Hoi An Đà Nẵng ⓘ linked to: Da Nang
numberOfStructures	over 70 temples and structures originally ⓘ
partOf	historic Champa kingdom ⓘ
periodOfUse	4th to 13th centuries ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
significantRebuilding	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ
startTime	4th century ⓘ
tourism	popular cultural tourism destination in Vietnam ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteCriteria	(ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	949 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteInscriptionYear	1999 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteRegion	Asia-Pacific ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteType	Cultural ⓘ
usedBy	Champa kings ⓘ linked to: Champa

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