Tour Magne
E405634
Tour Magne is an ancient Roman watchtower in Nîmes, France, notable as one of the city’s most prominent historical monuments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tour Magne canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4014582 — 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: Tour Magne Context triple: [Gard, containsLandmark, Tour Magne]
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A.
Tour Voile
Tour Voile is a prominent annual offshore sailing race in France featuring multihull and monohull competitions along the French coastline.
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B.
Tour Ronde
Tour Ronde is a prominent granite peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, popular with climbers for its accessible mixed routes and panoramic views.
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C.
Tour Totem
Tour Totem is a modern high-rise residential and office building located in Paris’s Grenelle district near the Seine.
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D.
Tour Tanguy
Tour Tanguy is a medieval tower in Brest, France, now serving as a local history museum showcasing the city’s past.
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E.
Tour Perret
Tour Perret is a prominent modernist high-rise tower in Amiens, France, known as one of the country’s earliest skyscrapers and a key feature of the city’s skyline.
- 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: Tour Magne Target entity description: Tour Magne is an ancient Roman watchtower in Nîmes, France, notable as one of the city’s most prominent historical monuments.
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A.
Tour Voile
Tour Voile is a prominent annual offshore sailing race in France featuring multihull and monohull competitions along the French coastline.
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B.
Tour Ronde
Tour Ronde is a prominent granite peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, popular with climbers for its accessible mixed routes and panoramic views.
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C.
Tour Totem
Tour Totem is a modern high-rise residential and office building located in Paris’s Grenelle district near the Seine.
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D.
Tour Tanguy
Tour Tanguy is a medieval tower in Brest, France, now serving as a local history museum showcasing the city’s past.
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E.
Tour Perret
Tour Perret is a prominent modernist high-rise tower in Amiens, France, known as one of the country’s earliest skyscrapers and a key feature of the city’s skyline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman tower
ⓘ
historical monument ⓘ watchtower ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Roman architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Roman colony of Nemausus ⓘ |
| builtBy | Romans ⓘ |
| builtDuring | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| category |
Monuments historiques of Gard
ⓘ
Roman sites in Nîmes ⓘ Towers in France ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | preserved historical monument ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 36 meters ⓘ |
| era | Roman Republic era ⓘ |
| function |
defensive tower
ⓘ
watchtower ⓘ |
| hasBase | massive masonry base ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | Great Tower ⓘ |
| hasShape | polygonal tower ⓘ |
| hasStaircase | interior staircase for visitors ⓘ |
| hasViewingPlatform | yes ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Nîmes and surrounding countryside ⓘ |
| height | approximately 32 meters (current height) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Monument historique of France ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1840 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gard department
ⓘ
Occitanie region ⓘ
linked to:
Occitanie
|
| location | Nîmes ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| near | Jardins de la Fontaine ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Montpellier ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the most prominent landmarks of Nîmes
ⓘ
panoramic views over Nîmes ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| originalHeight | approximately 36 meters ⓘ |
| overlooks |
city of Nîmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Nîmes
|
| ownedBy |
City of Nîmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Nîmes
|
| partOf |
Roman fortifications of Nîmes
ⓘ
city walls of Nîmes ⓘ |
| regionTourism | Occitanie tourism site ⓘ |
| situatedOn | Mont Cavalier hill ⓘ |
| survivingPortionOf | ancient Roman fortifications of Nîmes ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
military defense
ⓘ
surveillance of surrounding area ⓘ |
| visitorActivity | climbing to viewing platform ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tour Magne Description of subject: Tour Magne is an ancient Roman watchtower in Nîmes, France, notable as one of the city’s most prominent historical monuments.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.