Great Pyramid of Cholula
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The Great Pyramid of Cholula is an ancient Mesoamerican temple complex in central Mexico, notable for being the largest pyramid in the world by volume and a major pre-Hispanic religious center.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Pyramid of Cholula canonical | 36 |
| Gran Pirámide de Cholula | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T397012 — 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: Great Pyramid of Cholula Context triple: [Puebla, hasNearbySite, Great Pyramid of Cholula]
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A.
Tepeyac Hill
Tepeyac Hill is a historic religious site in northern Mexico City, revered as the place where the Virgin of Guadalupe is believed to have appeared and now home to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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B.
Monte Albán
Monte Albán is an ancient Zapotec archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned as one of the earliest and most important urban centers in Mesoamerican history.
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C.
Chichén Itzá
Chichén Itzá is a renowned ancient Maya city in Mexico famous for its monumental pyramid El Castillo and its role as a major political, religious, and cultural center in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
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D.
Pyramid
Pyramid is a lightweight, flexible Python web framework designed to scale from small applications to large, complex systems while offering great configurability and extensibility.
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E.
Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
- 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: Great Pyramid of Cholula Target entity description: The Great Pyramid of Cholula is an ancient Mesoamerican temple complex in central Mexico, notable for being the largest pyramid in the world by volume and a major pre-Hispanic religious center.
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A.
Tepeyac Hill
Tepeyac Hill is a historic religious site in northern Mexico City, revered as the place where the Virgin of Guadalupe is believed to have appeared and now home to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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B.
Monte Albán
Monte Albán is an ancient Zapotec archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned as one of the earliest and most important urban centers in Mesoamerican history.
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C.
Chichén Itzá
Chichén Itzá is a renowned ancient Maya city in Mexico famous for its monumental pyramid El Castillo and its role as a major political, religious, and cultural center in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
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D.
Pyramid
Pyramid is a lightweight, flexible Python web framework designed to scale from small applications to large, complex systems while offering great configurability and extensibility.
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E.
Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican temple
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archaeological site ⓘ pre-Columbian monument ⓘ pyramid ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tlachihualtepetl
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Tlachihualtepetl Pyramid ⓘ |
| associatedCulture |
Aztec
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec Empire
Olmec ⓘ
linked to:
Olmec civilization
Teotihuacano ⓘ
linked to:
Teotihuacan civilization
Toltec ⓘ
linked to:
Toltec civilization
|
| baseArea | about 18 hectares ⓘ |
| baseLength | about 450 metres per side ⓘ |
| churchConstructionDate | 16th century ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod |
Classic Mesoamerican period
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Postclassic Mesoamerican period ⓘ Preclassic Mesoamerican period ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culture | Mesoamerican ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Quetzalcoatl ⓘ |
| era | Pre-Columbian Americas ⓘ |
| excavationStart | 1930s ⓘ |
| function |
ceremonial center
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pilgrimage site ⓘ religious center ⓘ |
| hasFeature | extensive tunnel system ⓘ |
| hasStructure | multiple superimposed pyramids ⓘ |
| hasStructureOnTop |
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
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linked to:
Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church
|
| height | about 66 metres ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Cholula archaeological zone protected by INAH ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Mexico
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Cholula ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Puebla ⓘ |
| managingOrganization | Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ |
| material |
adobe bricks
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earth ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| near | city of Puebla ⓘ |
| numberOfConstructionStages | at least 4 main stages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cholula archaeological zone
ⓘ
linked to:
archaeological zone of Cholula
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| preHispanicImportance | major religious center in central Mexico ⓘ |
| region |
Valley of Puebla
ⓘ
linked to:
Puebla Valley
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| religion | Mesoamerican polytheism ⓘ |
| style | Mesoamerican pyramid architecture ⓘ |
| superlative |
largest pyramid in the world by volume
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one of the largest monuments ever constructed ⓘ |
| translationOfName | artificial mountain ⓘ |
| tunnelLength | several kilometers ⓘ |
| volume | approximately 4.45 million cubic metres ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Pyramid of Cholula Description of subject: The Great Pyramid of Cholula is an ancient Mesoamerican temple complex in central Mexico, notable for being the largest pyramid in the world by volume and a major pre-Hispanic religious center.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Universidad de las Américas Puebla (in nearby Cholula)
subject linked to:
massacre at Cholula
subject linked to:
archaeological zone of Cholula
linked to: Great Pyramid of Cholula
Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios in Cholula
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locatedOnTopOf
→
Great Pyramid of Cholula
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Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios in Cholula
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associatedWith
→
Great Pyramid of Cholula
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subject linked to:
states of Tlaxcala and Puebla