Wat Preah Keo

E879348

Buddhist temple pagoda religious building

Wat Preah Keo, commonly known as the Silver Pagoda, is a prominent Buddhist temple within Cambodia’s Royal Palace complex in Phnom Penh, famed for its lavish silver-tiled floor and revered religious treasures.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Wat Preah Keo Morakot	2
Wat Preah Keo canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10473960 — 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: Wat Preah Keo
Context triple: [Silver Pagoda, alsoKnownAs, Wat Preah Keo]

A. Preah Pithu
Preah Pithu is a group of small, partly ruined Hindu and Buddhist temple structures from the Angkor period, located within Cambodia’s Angkor Archaeological Park.
B. Preah Ream
Preah Ream is the Khmer adaptation of the hero Rama from the Indian epic Ramayana, serving as the central protagonist in Cambodia’s national epic, the Reamker.
C. Preah Ko
Preah Ko is an early Khmer temple complex near the ancient city of Hariharalaya, renowned for its brick towers, intricate stucco carvings, and significance as one of the earliest major monuments of the Angkor period.
D. Preah Khan
Preah Khan is a large 12th-century temple complex in Angkor, Cambodia, renowned for its intricate carvings, sprawling layout, and historical significance as a Buddhist and Hindu monastic center.
E. Wat Phnom
Wat Phnom is a historic Buddhist temple on an artificial hill in central Phnom Penh and one of Cambodia’s most important religious and cultural landmarks.
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: Wat Preah Keo
Target entity description: Wat Preah Keo, commonly known as the Silver Pagoda, is a prominent Buddhist temple within Cambodia’s Royal Palace complex in Phnom Penh, famed for its lavish silver-tiled floor and revered religious treasures.

A. Preah Pithu
Preah Pithu is a group of small, partly ruined Hindu and Buddhist temple structures from the Angkor period, located within Cambodia’s Angkor Archaeological Park.
B. Preah Ream
Preah Ream is the Khmer adaptation of the hero Rama from the Indian epic Ramayana, serving as the central protagonist in Cambodia’s national epic, the Reamker.
C. Preah Ko
Preah Ko is an early Khmer temple complex near the ancient city of Hariharalaya, renowned for its brick towers, intricate stucco carvings, and significance as one of the earliest major monuments of the Angkor period.
D. Preah Khan
Preah Khan is a large 12th-century temple complex in Angkor, Cambodia, renowned for its intricate carvings, sprawling layout, and historical significance as a Buddhist and Hindu monastic center.
E. Wat Phnom
Wat Phnom is a historic Buddhist temple on an artificial hill in central Phnom Penh and one of Cambodia’s most important religious and cultural landmarks.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist temple ⓘ pagoda ⓘ religious building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Silver Pagoda ⓘ Wat Preah Keo Morakot ⓘ linked to: Wat Preah Keo
architecturalStyle	Khmer architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Cambodian monarchy ⓘ linked to: Khmer monarchy Royal Palace of Cambodia ⓘ
city	Phnom Penh ⓘ
country	Cambodia ⓘ
culturalSignificance	major pilgrimage site in Cambodia ⓘ symbol of Cambodian Buddhism ⓘ
denomination	Theravada Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Theravada
etymology	name refers to the Temple of the Emerald Buddha ⓘ linked to: Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Cambodia)
floorFeature	thousands of silver tiles ⓘ
floorMaterial	silver tiles ⓘ
function	place of worship ⓘ royal chapel ⓘ site for royal religious ceremonies ⓘ
governingBody	Royal Palace administration of Cambodia ⓘ linked to: Royal Household of Cambodia
hasCollection	Buddhist relics ⓘ royal regalia ⓘ
hasMaterial	gold ⓘ silver ⓘ
heritageStatus	important national shrine of Cambodia ⓘ
languageOfName	Khmer ⓘ
locatedIn	Phnom Penh ⓘ Royal Palace, Phnom Penh ⓘ linked to: Royal Palace of Cambodia
locatedInComplex	Royal Palace of Cambodia ⓘ
notableFeature	collection of Buddha statues ⓘ emerald Buddha statue ⓘ linked to: Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Cambodia) gold Maitreya Buddha statue ⓘ revered religious treasures ⓘ silver-tiled floor ⓘ
notableFor	lavish interior decoration ⓘ precious Buddha images ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
partOf	Royal Palace complex in Phnom Penh ⓘ
primaryUse	royal and religious functions ⓘ
region	Phnom Penh Municipality ⓘ linked to: Phnom Penh
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Cambodian Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Buddhism in Cambodia
status	active temple ⓘ
tourism	major tourist attraction in Phnom Penh ⓘ
usedFor	Buddhist rituals ⓘ state religious ceremonies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Silver Pagoda → alsoKnownAs → Wat Preah Keo ⓘ

Silver Pagoda → alsoKnownAs → Wat Preah Keo Morakot ⓘ

linked to: Wat Preah Keo

Wat Preah Keo → alsoKnownAs → Wat Preah Keo Morakot ⓘ