San Carlos Fortress
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San Carlos Fortress is a historic 18th-century Spanish military fortification located in Perote, Veracruz, Mexico, notable for its role in colonial defense and later use as a prison.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| San Carlos Fortress canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11180231 — 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: San Carlos Fortress Context triple: [Perote, Veracruz, Mexico, hasFortress, San Carlos Fortress]
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A.
La Cabaña Fortress
La Cabaña Fortress is a massive 18th-century Spanish colonial fortification in Havana, Cuba, historically used for military defense and later as a prison and cultural site.
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B.
Fuerte de Guadalupe
Fuerte de Guadalupe is a historic fort in Puebla, Mexico, best known for its role in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, where Mexican forces resisted the French army.
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C.
fortress of Real Felipe
The fortress of Real Felipe is a massive 18th-century Spanish colonial stronghold in Callao, Peru, built to defend the main port of Lima from pirates and foreign invaders.
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D.
El Fuerte fort
El Fuerte fort is a historic Spanish colonial military stronghold in Sinaloa, Mexico, built to defend the region from indigenous uprisings and pirate attacks.
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E.
Presidio Modelo
Presidio Modelo is a former Cuban prison complex on Isla de la Juventud, notorious for its panopticon design and for holding political prisoners including Fidel Castro before the Cuban Revolution.
- 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: San Carlos Fortress Target entity description: San Carlos Fortress is a historic 18th-century Spanish military fortification located in Perote, Veracruz, Mexico, notable for its role in colonial defense and later use as a prison.
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A.
La Cabaña Fortress
La Cabaña Fortress is a massive 18th-century Spanish colonial fortification in Havana, Cuba, historically used for military defense and later as a prison and cultural site.
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B.
Fuerte de Guadalupe
Fuerte de Guadalupe is a historic fort in Puebla, Mexico, best known for its role in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, where Mexican forces resisted the French army.
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C.
fortress of Real Felipe
The fortress of Real Felipe is a massive 18th-century Spanish colonial stronghold in Callao, Peru, built to defend the main port of Lima from pirates and foreign invaders.
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D.
El Fuerte fort
El Fuerte fort is a historic Spanish colonial military stronghold in Sinaloa, Mexico, built to defend the region from indigenous uprisings and pirate attacks.
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E.
Presidio Modelo
Presidio Modelo is a former Cuban prison complex on Isla de la Juventud, notorious for its panopticon design and for holding political prisoners including Fidel Castro before the Cuban Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fortress
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ military fortification ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Fuerte de Perote
ⓘ
linked to:
Fuerte de San Carlos de Perote
|
| architecturalStyle | Spanish colonial military architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Veracruz
ⓘ
Forts in Mexico ⓘ Spanish colonial fortifications in Mexico ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Spanish colonial military presence in central Veracruz ⓘ |
| elevation | highland plateau near Cofre de Perote ⓘ |
| hasFortificationFeature |
bastions
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central courtyard ⓘ moat ⓘ thick defensive walls ⓘ |
| hasFunction | control of regional routes between Veracruz and the interior of New Spain ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | historic monument of Mexico ⓘ |
| heritage | Spanish colonial ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Spanish colonial era
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linked to:
Spanish colonial period
|
| inception | 18th century ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | Spanish ⓘ |
| laterHistoricalPeriod | independent Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Perote ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Veracruz ⓘ |
| locatedInFormerTerritorialEntity | Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central Standard Time
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linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| locatedNear |
Cofre de Perote
ⓘ
Perote Valley ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
masonry
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stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles III of Spain ⓘ |
| officialName | Fuerte de San Carlos de Perote ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | Government of Mexico ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of Mexico ⓘ |
| partOf |
Spanish colonial defensive system in New Spain
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linked to:
Spanish defensive system in North America
|
| region | central Veracruz ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
served as a key defensive stronghold in colonial Veracruz
ⓘ
used as a prison after the colonial period ⓘ |
| startDate | 18th century ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| use |
colonial defense
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military fortification ⓘ prison ⓘ |
| usedFor |
incarceration of political prisoners in the 19th century
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storage and protection of military supplies ⓘ |
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Subject: San Carlos Fortress Description of subject: San Carlos Fortress is a historic 18th-century Spanish military fortification located in Perote, Veracruz, Mexico, notable for its role in colonial defense and later use as a prison.
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