Valère Basilica
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Valère Basilica is a historic fortified church and pilgrimage site perched on a hill above Sion in the Swiss canton of Valais.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Valère Basilica canonical | 7 |
| Basilique de Valère | 5 |
| Basilica of Valère | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T717230 — 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: Valère Basilica Context triple: [Sion, hasLandmark, Valère Basilica]
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A.
Severan basilica
The Severan basilica is a grand Roman public building in the ancient city of Leptis Magna, Libya, renowned for its monumental architecture commissioned under the Severan dynasty.
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B.
Basilica Julia
Basilica Julia was a grand public building and law court in the Roman Forum, commissioned by Julius Caesar and later completed by Augustus, used primarily for legal proceedings and commercial activities.
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C.
Villa des Arènes
Villa des Arènes is a historic 17th-century Genoese-style villa in Nice, France, best known today as the building that houses the Musée Matisse.
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D.
Basilica Aemilia
Basilica Aemilia was an important ancient Roman public basilica on the Forum Romanum, renowned for its elegant architecture and role as a center of commerce and legal affairs.
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E.
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina is an ancient Roman temple in the Roman Forum, originally dedicated to the empress Faustina and later to Emperor Antoninus Pius, notable for its well-preserved Corinthian columns and later conversion into a church.
- 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: Valère Basilica Target entity description: Valère Basilica is a historic fortified church and pilgrimage site perched on a hill above Sion in the Swiss canton of Valais.
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A.
Severan basilica
The Severan basilica is a grand Roman public building in the ancient city of Leptis Magna, Libya, renowned for its monumental architecture commissioned under the Severan dynasty.
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B.
Basilica Julia
Basilica Julia was a grand public building and law court in the Roman Forum, commissioned by Julius Caesar and later completed by Augustus, used primarily for legal proceedings and commercial activities.
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C.
Villa des Arènes
Villa des Arènes is a historic 17th-century Genoese-style villa in Nice, France, best known today as the building that houses the Musée Matisse.
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D.
Basilica Aemilia
Basilica Aemilia was an important ancient Roman public basilica on the Forum Romanum, renowned for its elegant architecture and role as a center of commerce and legal affairs.
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E.
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina is an ancient Roman temple in the Roman Forum, originally dedicated to the empress Faustina and later to Emperor Antoninus Pius, notable for its well-preserved Corinthian columns and later conversion into a church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic church
ⓘ
basilica ⓘ cultural heritage monument ⓘ fortified church ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic architecture
ⓘ
Romanesque architecture ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | 13th century ⓘ |
| constructionStarted | 12th century ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Notre-Dame de Valère
ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| elevation | approximately 615 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
choir
ⓘ
cloister ⓘ crypt ⓘ nave ⓘ organ ⓘ ramparts ⓘ towers ⓘ |
| hasFortifications | yes ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
parish church
ⓘ
pilgrimage church ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| hasOldestPlayableOrgan | yes ⓘ |
| hasOrgan | Valère Basilica organ ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Alps
ⓘ
Rhône River ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Swiss heritage site of national significance ⓘ |
| languageOfLocalName | French ⓘ |
| localName |
Basilique de Valère
ⓘ
linked to:
Valère Basilica
|
| locatedAbove | Sion ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sion ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
canton of Valais
ⓘ
linked to:
Canton of Valais
|
| locatedInRegion | Valais ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Valère hill ⓘ |
| near |
Sion old town
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Sion
Tourbillon Castle ⓘ |
| organDatingFromCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Rhône valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhône Valley
town of Sion ⓘ |
| partOf |
Diocese of Sion
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion
|
| roofMaterial | stone slabs ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
concerts
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pilgrimages ⓘ religious services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
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: Valère Basilica Description of subject: Valère Basilica is a historic fortified church and pilgrimage site perched on a hill above Sion in the Swiss canton of Valais.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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