Dohány Street Synagogue

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19th-century religious building Moorish Revival architecture building synagogue

The Dohány Street Synagogue is a monumental 19th-century Moorish Revival synagogue in Budapest, renowned as the largest synagogue in Europe and a central landmark of Hungarian Jewish heritage.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Dohány Street Synagogue canonical	18
Dohány Street Synagogue complex	6
Dohány Street Synagogue Holocaust memorial	1
Dohány Street Synagogue courtyard	1
Dohány Street Synagogue, Budapest	1
Great Synagogue of Budapest	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T559042 — 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: Dohány Street Synagogue
Context triple: [Budapest, contains, Dohány Street Synagogue]

A. Abuhav Synagogue
Abuhav Synagogue is a historic 15th-century Sephardic synagogue in Safed, Israel, renowned for its ornate interior and association with Kabbalistic tradition.
B. Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue
The Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue is a historic 16th-century kabbalistic synagogue in Safed, Israel, associated with Rabbi Isaac Luria and central to Jewish mystic tradition.
C. Yosef Caro Synagogue
The Yosef Caro Synagogue is a historic Jewish house of worship in Safed, Israel, traditionally associated with Rabbi Yosef Karo, the renowned 16th-century author of the Shulchan Aruch.
D. Synagogue of El Tránsito
The Synagogue of El Tránsito is a 14th-century Jewish synagogue in Toledo, Spain, renowned for its richly decorated Mudéjar interior and later conversion into a church and museum.
E. Dizengoff House
Dizengoff House is a historic building in Tel Aviv best known as the site where David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
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: Dohány Street Synagogue
Target entity description: The Dohány Street Synagogue is a monumental 19th-century Moorish Revival synagogue in Budapest, renowned as the largest synagogue in Europe and a central landmark of Hungarian Jewish heritage.

A. Abuhav Synagogue
Abuhav Synagogue is a historic 15th-century Sephardic synagogue in Safed, Israel, renowned for its ornate interior and association with Kabbalistic tradition.
B. Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue
The Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue is a historic 16th-century kabbalistic synagogue in Safed, Israel, associated with Rabbi Isaac Luria and central to Jewish mystic tradition.
C. Yosef Caro Synagogue
The Yosef Caro Synagogue is a historic Jewish house of worship in Safed, Israel, traditionally associated with Rabbi Yosef Karo, the renowned 16th-century author of the Shulchan Aruch.
D. Synagogue of El Tránsito
The Synagogue of El Tránsito is a 14th-century Jewish synagogue in Toledo, Spain, renowned for its richly decorated Mudéjar interior and later conversion into a church and museum.
E. Dizengoff House
Dizengoff House is a historic building in Tel Aviv best known as the site where David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century religious building ⓘ Moorish Revival architecture ⓘ building ⓘ synagogue ⓘ
architect	Ludwig Förster ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Moorish Revival ⓘ Romantic architecture ⓘ
capacity	approximately 3000 worshippers ⓘ
coDesigner	Frigyes Feszl ⓘ
completionDate	1859 ⓘ
constructionStart	1854 ⓘ
coordinateLocation	47.4953°N 19.0615°E ⓘ
country	Hungary ⓘ
culturalSignificance	central landmark of Hungarian Jewish heritage ⓘ
denomination	Neolog Judaism ⓘ
floorCount	2 ⓘ
hasFeature	Ark of the Covenant niche ⓘ linked to: Ark of the Covenant bimah ⓘ cast-iron columns ⓘ onion-shaped domes ⓘ organ ⓘ rose window ⓘ striped brick façade ⓘ three-aisled basilica layout ⓘ women’s galleries ⓘ
hasPart	Great Synagogue ⓘ Heroes’ Temple ⓘ Holocaust memorials ⓘ Jewish Museum of Hungary ⓘ linked to: Jewish Museum Budapest Jewish cemetery ⓘ Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park ⓘ Tree of Life memorial ⓘ
heritageDesignation	largest synagogue in Europe ⓘ one of the largest synagogues in the world ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected monument in Hungary ⓘ
inception	1854 ⓘ
locatedIn	Budapest ⓘ Erzsébetváros ⓘ linked to: Budapest VII. district
locatedOnStreet	Dohány Street ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ
memorialFor	Hungarian Jewish victims of the Holocaust ⓘ
namedAfter	Dohány Street ⓘ
nearby	Astoria junction ⓘ former Budapest Ghetto area ⓘ
numberOfDomes	1 ⓘ
numberOfTowers	2 ⓘ
openingDate	1859 ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
restorationCompleted	1996 ⓘ
restorationFundedBy	Hungarian state ⓘ linked to: Hungary international Jewish organizations ⓘ
roofMaterial	tile ⓘ
seatingCapacity	about 1472 women ⓘ about 1497 men ⓘ
significantEvent	damaged during World War II ⓘ major restoration in the 1990s ⓘ used as part of the Budapest Ghetto during the Holocaust ⓘ
touristAttraction	major tourist site in Budapest ⓘ
towerHeight	about 43 meters ⓘ

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