City of Arts and Sciences

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architectural complex cultural complex science museum complex tourist attraction

The City of Arts and Sciences is a futuristic cultural and architectural complex in Valencia, Spain, featuring museums, an opera house, an aquarium, and other science and arts attractions designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
City of Arts and Sciences canonical	11
Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències	5
City of Arts and Sciences complex	3
L'Hemisfèric	3
Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe	2
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias	1
El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe	1
architectural ensemble of the City of Arts and Sciences	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T563071 — 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: City of Arts and Sciences
Context triple: [Valencia, hasLandmark, City of Arts and Sciences]

A. Museum of Tomorrow
The Museum of Tomorrow is a science and technology museum in Rio de Janeiro known for its futuristic architecture and interactive exhibits on sustainability and the future of humanity.
B. Biomuseo
Biomuseo is a colorful, architecturally striking museum in Panama City dedicated to the country’s biodiversity and designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry.
C. New World Center
New World Center is a renowned performing arts venue and home of the New World Symphony, designed by architect Frank Gehry and located in Miami Beach, Florida.
D. Palais des Festivals et des Congrès
The Palais des Festivals et des Congrès is a prominent convention center in Cannes, France, best known worldwide as the iconic home of the Cannes Film Festival.
E. Palace of Fine Arts
The Palace of Fine Arts is a monumental Beaux-Arts structure in San Francisco originally built for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition and now a popular cultural and scenic landmark.
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: City of Arts and Sciences
Target entity description: The City of Arts and Sciences is a futuristic cultural and architectural complex in Valencia, Spain, featuring museums, an opera house, an aquarium, and other science and arts attractions designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela.

A. Museum of Tomorrow
The Museum of Tomorrow is a science and technology museum in Rio de Janeiro known for its futuristic architecture and interactive exhibits on sustainability and the future of humanity.
B. Biomuseo
Biomuseo is a colorful, architecturally striking museum in Panama City dedicated to the country’s biodiversity and designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry.
C. New World Center
New World Center is a renowned performing arts venue and home of the New World Symphony, designed by architect Frank Gehry and located in Miami Beach, Florida.
D. Palais des Festivals et des Congrès
The Palais des Festivals et des Congrès is a prominent convention center in Cannes, France, best known worldwide as the iconic home of the Cannes Film Festival.
E. Palace of Fine Arts
The Palace of Fine Arts is a monumental Beaux-Arts structure in San Francisco originally built for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition and now a popular cultural and scenic landmark.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural complex ⓘ cultural complex ⓘ science museum complex ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architect	Félix Candela ⓘ Santiago Calatrava ⓘ
contains	IMAX cinema ⓘ linked to: IMAX aquarium ⓘ opera house ⓘ outdoor sculpture garden ⓘ planetarium ⓘ science museum ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
hasPart	Assut de l'Or Bridge ⓘ L'Hemisfèric ⓘ linked to: City of Arts and Sciences L'Oceanogràfic ⓘ L'Umbracle ⓘ Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe ⓘ linked to: City of Arts and Sciences Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía ⓘ Ágora ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.cac.es ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Bien de Interés Cultural (complex surroundings) ⓘ linked to: Bien de Interés Cultural
inception	1996 ⓘ
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ Valencian ⓘ linked to: Catalan
locatedIn	Europe ⓘ Valencia ⓘ Valencian Community ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
locatedOn	Turia riverbed ⓘ
material	concrete ⓘ glass ⓘ steel ⓘ
nativeLabel	Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias ⓘ linked to: City of Arts and Sciences Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències ⓘ linked to: City of Arts and Sciences
openingDate	1998 ⓘ
operator	Generalitat Valenciana ⓘ linked to: Generalitat of Valencia
primaryUse	cultural activities ⓘ entertainment ⓘ scientific dissemination ⓘ
significantBuilding	L'Hemisfèric ⓘ linked to: City of Arts and Sciences L'Oceanogràfic ⓘ Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe ⓘ linked to: City of Arts and Sciences Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía ⓘ
style	futuristic architecture ⓘ neo-futurism ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ scientific tourism ⓘ

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Referenced by (27)

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

Valencia → hasLandmark → City of Arts and Sciences ⓘ

Santiago Calatrava → designed → City of Arts and Sciences ⓘ

Santiago Calatrava → designed → L'Hemisfèric ⓘ