Church of Santa Maria Maggiore (Sovana)
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The Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Sovana is a Romanesque-style medieval church in Tuscany, Italy, noted for its ancient frescoes and architectural significance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Church of Santa Maria Maggiore (Sovana) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11219142 — 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: Church of Santa Maria Maggiore (Sovana) Context triple: [Sovana, hasLandmark, Church of Santa Maria Maggiore (Sovana)]
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Church of Santa Maria del Sasso
The Church of Santa Maria del Sasso is a historic hilltop Catholic sanctuary overlooking Lake Lugano, renowned for its picturesque setting, Renaissance and Baroque architecture, and richly decorated interior.
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Church of San Domenico (Rieti)
The Church of San Domenico in Rieti is a historic Roman Catholic church in central Italy, notable for its medieval origins and association with the Dominican Order.
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C.
Church of Santa Maria Novella (Bracciano)
The Church of Santa Maria Novella in Bracciano is a historic Roman Catholic church in the Italian town of Bracciano, noted for its religious significance and local architectural heritage.
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D.
Chiesa Vecchia di Macugnaga
Chiesa Vecchia di Macugnaga is a historic church in the Alpine village of Macugnaga, Italy, known for its traditional mountain architecture and cultural significance to the local community.
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E.
Church of Santa Maria della Pieve
The Church of Santa Maria della Pieve is a prominent Romanesque church in Arezzo, Italy, renowned for its distinctive multi-columned façade and historic bell tower overlooking the town’s main square.
- 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: Church of Santa Maria Maggiore (Sovana) Target entity description: The Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Sovana is a Romanesque-style medieval church in Tuscany, Italy, noted for its ancient frescoes and architectural significance.
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A.
Church of Santa Maria del Sasso
The Church of Santa Maria del Sasso is a historic hilltop Catholic sanctuary overlooking Lake Lugano, renowned for its picturesque setting, Renaissance and Baroque architecture, and richly decorated interior.
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B.
Church of San Domenico (Rieti)
The Church of San Domenico in Rieti is a historic Roman Catholic church in central Italy, notable for its medieval origins and association with the Dominican Order.
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C.
Church of Santa Maria Novella (Bracciano)
The Church of Santa Maria Novella in Bracciano is a historic Roman Catholic church in the Italian town of Bracciano, noted for its religious significance and local architectural heritage.
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D.
Chiesa Vecchia di Macugnaga
Chiesa Vecchia di Macugnaga is a historic church in the Alpine village of Macugnaga, Italy, known for its traditional mountain architecture and cultural significance to the local community.
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E.
Church of Santa Maria della Pieve
The Church of Santa Maria della Pieve is a prominent Romanesque church in Arezzo, Italy, renowned for its distinctive multi-columned façade and historic bell tower overlooking the town’s main square.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic church building
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Romanesque church ⓘ medieval church ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Romanesque architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Churches in the province of Grosseto
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Medieval churches in Italy ⓘ Romanesque architecture in Tuscany ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Saint Mary Major
ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| era | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| floorPlanType | basilica plan ⓘ |
| hasArtworkType | wall frescoes ⓘ |
| hasDecoration |
Romanesque sculptural elements
ⓘ
medieval frescoes ⓘ |
| hasEntrance | Romanesque portal ⓘ |
| hasHeritageValue |
architectural significance
ⓘ
artistic significance ⓘ historical significance ⓘ |
| hasPart |
apse
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bell gable ⓘ frescoed interior ⓘ nave ⓘ transept ⓘ |
| hasStylePeriod |
Romanesque period
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linked to:
Romanesque architecture
|
| heritageDesignation | cultural heritage site in Italy ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Comune of Sorano
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Italy ⓘ Province of Grosseto ⓘ Sovana ⓘ Tuscany ⓘ historic center of Sovana ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| partOf | diocesan territory of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello ⓘ |
| region | central Italy ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Christianity ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Catholic liturgy
ⓘ
Christian worship ⓘ |
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: Church of Santa Maria Maggiore (Sovana) Description of subject: The Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Sovana is a Romanesque-style medieval church in Tuscany, Italy, noted for its ancient frescoes and architectural significance.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.