Château d’Hérouville
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Château d’Hérouville is a historic French residential recording studio near Paris, famed for hosting major artists in the 1970s including Elton John, David Bowie, and Pink Floyd.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Château d’Hérouville canonical | 8 |
| Château d'Hérouville | 1 |
| Château d'Hérouville, France | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8429357 — 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: Château d’Hérouville Context triple: [Crocodile Rock, recordedIn, Château d’Hérouville]
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A.
Château d’Eu
Château d’Eu is a historic royal residence in Normandy, France, best known as a favored 19th-century home of the French royal House of Orléans and a site of significant diplomatic events.
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B.
Château de Vendôme
Château de Vendôme is a ruined medieval castle in the town of Vendôme, France, notable for its hilltop remains overlooking the Loir River and its historical role in regional defense.
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C.
Château de la Verrerie
Château de la Verrerie is a historic château in Le Creusot, France, formerly owned by the Schneider industrial family and notable for its role in the region’s industrial and social history.
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D.
Château de Saumur
Château de Saumur is a historic medieval fortress-turned-château in western France, overlooking the Loire River and renowned for its picturesque towers and role in the region’s royal and military history.
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E.
Château Olivier
Château Olivier is a historic Bordeaux wine estate in the Pessac-Léognan appellation, renowned for producing both red and white grand cru classé wines.
- 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: Château d’Hérouville Target entity description: Château d’Hérouville is a historic French residential recording studio near Paris, famed for hosting major artists in the 1970s including Elton John, David Bowie, and Pink Floyd.
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A.
Château d’Eu
Château d’Eu is a historic royal residence in Normandy, France, best known as a favored 19th-century home of the French royal House of Orléans and a site of significant diplomatic events.
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B.
Château de Vendôme
Château de Vendôme is a ruined medieval castle in the town of Vendôme, France, notable for its hilltop remains overlooking the Loir River and its historical role in regional defense.
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C.
Château de la Verrerie
Château de la Verrerie is a historic château in Le Creusot, France, formerly owned by the Schneider industrial family and notable for its role in the region’s industrial and social history.
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D.
Château de Saumur
Château de Saumur is a historic medieval fortress-turned-château in western France, overlooking the Loire River and renowned for its picturesque towers and role in the region’s royal and military history.
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E.
Château Olivier
Château Olivier is a historic Bordeaux wine estate in the Pessac-Léognan appellation, renowned for producing both red and white grand cru classé wines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
country house
ⓘ
recording studio ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Strawberry Studios France
ⓘ
Studio du Château d’Hérouville ⓘ
linked to:
Le Château Studio
|
| architecturalStyle | French château ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| eraOfPeakUse | 1970s ⓘ |
| foundedAsStudioBy | Michel Magne ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
multiple recording rooms
ⓘ
residential accommodation for artists ⓘ rural setting ⓘ |
| hostedRecordingOf |
Bee Gees – Main Course
ⓘ
Cat Stevens – Catch Bull at Four ⓘ David Bowie – Low ⓘ David Bowie – Pin Ups ⓘ Elton John – Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player ⓘ
linked to:
Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ⓘ Elton John – Honky Château ⓘ
linked to:
Elton John – Honky Château (album)
Fleetwood Mac – Heroes Are Hard to Find ⓘ Gong – Angel’s Egg ⓘ
linked to:
Gong
Gong – You ⓘ Iggy Pop – The Idiot ⓘ Jethro Tull – War Child ⓘ
linked to:
Jethro Tull album "A"
Marvin Gaye – Midnight Love ⓘ
linked to:
Midnight Love
Pink Floyd – Obscured by Clouds ⓘ T. Rex – The Slider ⓘ |
| influenced | development of residential recording studios in Europe ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hérouville-en-Vexin
ⓘ
Val-d’Oise ⓘ
linked to:
Val-d'Oise
Île-de-France ⓘ
linked to:
Île-de-France region
|
| locatedNear | Paris ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Bee Gees
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association with Cat Stevens ⓘ association with David Bowie ⓘ association with Elton John ⓘ association with Fleetwood Mac ⓘ association with Iggy Pop ⓘ association with Jethro Tull ⓘ association with Marvin Gaye ⓘ association with Pink Floyd ⓘ association with T. Rex ⓘ hosting major rock and pop artists in the 1970s ⓘ residential recording sessions ⓘ |
| periodOfOperationAsStudio |
1980s
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early 1970s ⓘ |
| usedAs | residential recording studio ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Château d’Hérouville Description of subject: Château d’Hérouville is a historic French residential recording studio near Paris, famed for hosting major artists in the 1970s including Elton John, David Bowie, and Pink Floyd.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
studio album Down to Earth
linked to: Château d’Hérouville
subject linked to:
Heroes
linked to: Château d’Hérouville