Cathedral Basilica of Santa Marta
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The Cathedral Basilica of Santa Marta is a historic Roman Catholic church in Santa Marta, Colombia, considered one of the oldest cathedrals in the Americas and an important colonial-era landmark.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cathedral Basilica of Santa Marta canonical | 1 |
| Santa Marta Cathedral | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4637041 — 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: Cathedral Basilica of Santa Marta Context triple: [Santa Marta, hasHistoricSite, Cathedral Basilica of Santa Marta]
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A.
Bogotá Cathedral
Bogotá Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral and major landmark on Plaza de Bolívar in central Bogotá, Colombia.
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B.
Caracas Cathedral
Caracas Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church and one of the principal religious and architectural landmarks in Venezuela’s capital city.
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C.
Metropolitan Cathedral of Sucre
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Sucre is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Sucre, Bolivia, renowned for its colonial architecture and role as a key religious and cultural landmark of the city.
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D.
San Juan Cathedral
San Juan Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, known as one of the oldest churches in the Americas and a prominent colonial-era landmark.
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E.
Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá
The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá is an underground Roman Catholic church built within a former salt mine in Colombia, renowned for its unique subterranean architecture and religious 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: Cathedral Basilica of Santa Marta Target entity description: The Cathedral Basilica of Santa Marta is a historic Roman Catholic church in Santa Marta, Colombia, considered one of the oldest cathedrals in the Americas and an important colonial-era landmark.
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A.
Bogotá Cathedral
Bogotá Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral and major landmark on Plaza de Bolívar in central Bogotá, Colombia.
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B.
Caracas Cathedral
Caracas Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church and one of the principal religious and architectural landmarks in Venezuela’s capital city.
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C.
Metropolitan Cathedral of Sucre
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Sucre is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Sucre, Bolivia, renowned for its colonial architecture and role as a key religious and cultural landmark of the city.
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D.
San Juan Cathedral
San Juan Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, known as one of the oldest churches in the Americas and a prominent colonial-era landmark.
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E.
Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá
The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá is an underground Roman Catholic church built within a former salt mine in Colombia, renowned for its unique subterranean architecture and religious significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic cathedral
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basilica minor ⓘ church building ⓘ historic monument ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Spanish Colonial architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Basilica churches in Colombia
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Buildings and structures in Santa Marta ⓘ Cathedrals in Colombia ⓘ Roman Catholic churches completed in the colonial period ⓘ Tourist attractions in Magdalena Department ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Colombia ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Roman Catholic worship ⓘ |
| denomination | Latin Church ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
important site in the urban identity of Santa Marta
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symbol of Catholic evangelization on the Caribbean coast of Colombia ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bell tower
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central nave ⓘ colonial-era artworks ⓘ main altar ⓘ side chapels ⓘ white-painted façade ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Monument of Colombia ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | colonial-era landmark ⓘ |
| isCathedralOf | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Marta ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Magdalena Department ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Santa Marta ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Caribbean region of Colombia ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
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stone ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | historic center of Santa Marta ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholic Church
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| religiousBuildingType | cathedral basilica ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| significance |
important colonial-era landmark in Colombia
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one of the oldest cathedrals in the Americas ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Catholic liturgical services
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cultural events ⓘ episcopal ceremonies ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
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: Cathedral Basilica of Santa Marta Description of subject: The Cathedral Basilica of Santa Marta is a historic Roman Catholic church in Santa Marta, Colombia, considered one of the oldest cathedrals in the Americas and an important colonial-era landmark.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Parque de los Novios
linked to: Cathedral Basilica of Santa Marta