New Cathedral of Cuenca
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The New Cathedral of Cuenca is a monumental Roman Catholic church in Cuenca, Ecuador, renowned for its striking blue domes and status as one of the city’s most iconic architectural landmarks.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cuenca Cathedral | 3 |
| New Cathedral of Cuenca canonical | 2 |
| Catedral Nueva de Cuenca | 1 |
| Cuenca Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6016118 — 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: New Cathedral of Cuenca Context triple: [Cuenca, notableBuilding, New Cathedral of Cuenca]
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A.
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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B.
Trujillo Cathedral
Trujillo Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church and prominent architectural landmark located in the main square of Trujillo, Peru.
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C.
Catedral Basílica Santa María la Antigua
Catedral Basílica Santa María la Antigua is the main Roman Catholic cathedral in Panama City, renowned for its colonial-era architecture and status as the seat of the Archdiocese of Panama.
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D.
Cathedral of Quito
The Cathedral of Quito is a historic Roman Catholic church and one of the oldest and most important religious monuments in Ecuador’s capital, renowned for its colonial architecture and central role in the city’s cultural and spiritual life.
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E.
La Plata Cathedral
La Plata Cathedral is a prominent neo-Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in La Plata, Argentina, known for its grand scale, twin spires, and status as one of the largest churches in Latin America.
- 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: New Cathedral of Cuenca Target entity description: The New Cathedral of Cuenca is a monumental Roman Catholic church in Cuenca, Ecuador, renowned for its striking blue domes and status as one of the city’s most iconic architectural landmarks.
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A.
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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B.
Trujillo Cathedral
Trujillo Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church and prominent architectural landmark located in the main square of Trujillo, Peru.
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C.
Catedral Basílica Santa María la Antigua
Catedral Basílica Santa María la Antigua is the main Roman Catholic cathedral in Panama City, renowned for its colonial-era architecture and status as the seat of the Archdiocese of Panama.
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D.
Cathedral of Quito
The Cathedral of Quito is a historic Roman Catholic church and one of the oldest and most important religious monuments in Ecuador’s capital, renowned for its colonial architecture and central role in the city’s cultural and spiritual life.
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E.
La Plata Cathedral
La Plata Cathedral is a prominent neo-Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in La Plata, Argentina, known for its grand scale, twin spires, and status as one of the largest churches in Latin America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic cathedral
ⓘ
church building ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Catedral Nueva de Cuenca
ⓘ
linked to:
New Cathedral of Cuenca
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción ⓘ |
| architect | Juan Bautista Stiehle ⓘ |
| architectNationality | German ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic Revival
ⓘ
Renaissance Revival ⓘ Romanesque Revival ⓘ
linked to:
Neo-Romanesque
|
| cityCenterLocation | Parque Calderón ⓘ |
| consecrationYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1967 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1885 ⓘ |
| country | Ecuador ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Cuenca’s identity ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Immaculate Conception ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| domeMaterial | Czech glazed tiles ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalStatus | metropolitan cathedral ⓘ |
| faces | Old Cathedral of Cuenca ⓘ |
| façadeMaterial | pink marble ⓘ |
| floorPlanType | Latin cross ⓘ |
| hasBellTowers | two incomplete towers ⓘ |
| hasChoirLoft | yes ⓘ |
| hasCrypt | yes ⓘ |
| hasNaves | three naves ⓘ |
| heritageContext | part of the Historic Centre of Cuenca ⓘ |
| iconicStatus | one of the most recognizable buildings in Cuenca ⓘ |
| interiorFeature |
large stained-glass windows
ⓘ
marble columns ⓘ wooden carved pulpit ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction | site of major diocesan celebrations ⓘ |
| liturgicalRite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Andean region of Ecuador
ⓘ
Azuay Province ⓘ Cuenca ⓘ |
| mainBuildingMaterial |
brick
ⓘ
marble ⓘ |
| notableFeature | three large blue-and-white tiled domes ⓘ |
| numberOfDomes | 3 ⓘ |
| orientation | west-facing main façade toward Parque Calderón ⓘ |
| ownership | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca ⓘ |
| primaryUse | cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Cuenca ⓘ |
| regionallyRenownedFor | striking blue domes visible from much of the city ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| tourismSignificance | major tourist attraction in Cuenca ⓘ |
| towerHeightStatus | towers were left low to avoid structural risk ⓘ |
| worldHeritageStatus |
within UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca"
ⓘ
linked to:
Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
|
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: New Cathedral of Cuenca Description of subject: The New Cathedral of Cuenca is a monumental Roman Catholic church in Cuenca, Ecuador, renowned for its striking blue domes and status as one of the city’s most iconic architectural landmarks.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: New Cathedral of Cuenca