Familistère de Guise
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The Familistère de Guise is a 19th-century utopian workers’ housing and social complex in northern France, created by industrialist Jean-Baptiste André Godin as a “social palace” combining living, educational, and communal facilities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Familistère de Guise canonical | 5 |
| Familistère de Guise residential buildings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5266509 — 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: Familistère de Guise Context triple: [Guise, hasLandmark, Familistère de Guise]
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A.
Les Breuleux
Les Breuleux is a small Swiss municipality and village in the Jura region, known for its watchmaking tradition and rural alpine setting.
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B.
Pavillon de Breteuil
The Pavillon de Breteuil is a historic building in Sèvres, France, that serves as the headquarters of the international system of units and houses key metrological standards.
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C.
Maison Guiette
Maison Guiette is a modernist residential building in Antwerp, Belgium, designed by Le Corbusier and recognized as part of his UNESCO World Heritage-listed works.
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D.
Florennes
Florennes is a municipality in the Wallonia region of Belgium, known for hosting a major military air base and its surrounding rural landscape.
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E.
Couvent des Feuillants
The Couvent des Feuillants was a former Cistercian monastery in Paris whose premises later became notable as a political meeting place during the French Revolution.
- 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: Familistère de Guise Target entity description: The Familistère de Guise is a 19th-century utopian workers’ housing and social complex in northern France, created by industrialist Jean-Baptiste André Godin as a “social palace” combining living, educational, and communal facilities.
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A.
Les Breuleux
Les Breuleux is a small Swiss municipality and village in the Jura region, known for its watchmaking tradition and rural alpine setting.
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B.
Pavillon de Breteuil
The Pavillon de Breteuil is a historic building in Sèvres, France, that serves as the headquarters of the international system of units and houses key metrological standards.
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C.
Maison Guiette
Maison Guiette is a modernist residential building in Antwerp, Belgium, designed by Le Corbusier and recognized as part of his UNESCO World Heritage-listed works.
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D.
Florennes
Florennes is a municipality in the Wallonia region of Belgium, known for hosting a major military air base and its surrounding rural landscape.
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E.
Couvent des Feuillants
The Couvent des Feuillants was a former Cistercian monastery in Paris whose premises later became notable as a political meeting place during the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century architectural complex
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social housing experiment ⓘ utopian workers’ housing complex ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
19th-century social architecture
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industrial architecture ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | late 19th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1859 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| creator | Jean-Baptiste André Godin ⓘ |
| currentUse |
heritage site
ⓘ
museum ⓘ |
| describedAs | social palace ⓘ |
| hasPart |
baths
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central palace ⓘ communal courtyards ⓘ cooperative store ⓘ covered galleries ⓘ gardens ⓘ laundry facilities ⓘ nursery ⓘ recreational spaces ⓘ schools ⓘ theatre ⓘ workers’ apartments ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Monument historique ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | France ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Second French Empire
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linked to:
Second Empire of France
Third French Republic ⓘ
linked to:
French Third Republic
|
| inception | 1859 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Fourierist ideas
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utopian socialism ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Guise ⓘ |
| locatedInDepartment | Aisne ⓘ |
| locatedInPartOf | northern France ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Hauts-de-France ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of company town with social reforms
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integration of housing and social services ⓘ |
| operatedBy | workers’ cooperative ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Jean-Baptiste André Godin ⓘ |
| purpose |
collective services
ⓘ
education ⓘ social welfare ⓘ workers’ housing ⓘ |
| significantProjectOf | Jean-Baptiste André Godin ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
collective living
ⓘ
cultural activities ⓘ education of workers’ children ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Familistère de Guise Description of subject: The Familistère de Guise is a 19th-century utopian workers’ housing and social complex in northern France, created by industrialist Jean-Baptiste André Godin as a “social palace” combining living, educational, and communal facilities.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Guise, Picardy, France
subject linked to:
Guise, Picardy, France
linked to: Familistère de Guise