Saint-Joseph Church, Le Havre

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Roman Catholic church church building landmark modernist architecture

Saint-Joseph Church in Le Havre is a landmark modernist Catholic church renowned for its towering concrete structure and striking stained-glass lantern, symbolizing the city’s postwar reconstruction.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Saint-Joseph Church (Le Havre)	1
Saint-Joseph Church, Le Havre canonical	1
St. Joseph’s Church, Le Havre	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4624305 — 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: Saint-Joseph Church, Le Havre
Context triple: [City center of Le Havre, contains, Saint-Joseph Church, Le Havre]

A. Rouen Cathedral
Rouen Cathedral is a famous Gothic cathedral in Rouen, France, renowned for its intricate façade and for inspiring Claude Monet’s celebrated series of impressionist paintings capturing it in different lights and seasons.
B. Church of Saint-Maclou
The Church of Saint-Maclou is a renowned late Gothic (Flamboyant) Roman Catholic church in Rouen, France, celebrated for its intricate façade and richly carved portal.
C. Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse, Lisieux
The Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse in Lisieux is a major 20th-century Roman Catholic basilica in Normandy, France, dedicated to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and renowned as one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the country.
D. Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church
Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church is a Catholic parish church in Passy, Haute-Savoie, known for serving as a local center of worship and community life in this Alpine region of France.
E. Église Notre-Dame de Calais
Église Notre-Dame de Calais is a historic Roman Catholic church in Calais, France, noted for its blend of English Gothic and Flemish architectural influences and its association with the Tudor period.
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: Saint-Joseph Church, Le Havre
Target entity description: Saint-Joseph Church in Le Havre is a landmark modernist Catholic church renowned for its towering concrete structure and striking stained-glass lantern, symbolizing the city’s postwar reconstruction.

A. Rouen Cathedral
Rouen Cathedral is a famous Gothic cathedral in Rouen, France, renowned for its intricate façade and for inspiring Claude Monet’s celebrated series of impressionist paintings capturing it in different lights and seasons.
B. Church of Saint-Maclou
The Church of Saint-Maclou is a renowned late Gothic (Flamboyant) Roman Catholic church in Rouen, France, celebrated for its intricate façade and richly carved portal.
C. Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse, Lisieux
The Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse in Lisieux is a major 20th-century Roman Catholic basilica in Normandy, France, dedicated to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and renowned as one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the country.
D. Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church
Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church is a Catholic parish church in Passy, Haute-Savoie, known for serving as a local center of worship and community life in this Alpine region of France.
E. Église Notre-Dame de Calais
Église Notre-Dame de Calais is a historic Roman Catholic church in Calais, France, noted for its blend of English Gothic and Flemish architectural influences and its association with the Tudor period.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic church ⓘ church building ⓘ landmark ⓘ modernist architecture ⓘ
architect	Auguste Perret ⓘ Raymond Audigier ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Brutalism ⓘ Modernism ⓘ
category	20th-century Roman Catholic church building in France ⓘ building in Le Havre ⓘ modernist church building ⓘ
cityRebuiltBy	Auguste Perret ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Joseph ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic ⓘ
diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Havre ⓘ
era	post–World War II ⓘ
function	memorial to victims of World War II ⓘ parish church ⓘ
hasFeature	central lantern tower ⓘ concrete structure ⓘ octagonal tower ⓘ stained-glass lantern ⓘ
height	approximately 107 metres ⓘ
heritageStatus	major landmark of Le Havre ⓘ
lanternContains	multicolored stained-glass windows ⓘ
locatedIn	Le Havre ⓘ Normandy ⓘ Seine-Maritime ⓘ northwestern France ⓘ
materialUsed	reinforced concrete ⓘ stained glass ⓘ
notableFor	dominant presence in Le Havre skyline ⓘ modernist design ⓘ striking stained-glass lantern ⓘ towering concrete structure ⓘ
orientation	tower visible from sea ⓘ
partOf	postwar reconstruction of Le Havre city center ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
symbolizes	memory of World War II destruction ⓘ postwar reconstruction of Le Havre ⓘ
towerType	lantern tower ⓘ
usedFor	Catholic worship ⓘ city landmark and orientation point ⓘ tourism ⓘ
visibility	visible from much of Le Havre ⓘ visible from the harbor ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

City center of Le Havre → contains → Saint-Joseph Church, Le Havre ⓘ

Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret → includes → Saint-Joseph Church (Le Havre) ⓘ

subject linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Site: Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret

linked to: Saint-Joseph Church, Le Havre

Le Havre → hasLandmark → St. Joseph’s Church, Le Havre ⓘ

subject linked to: Le Havre, France