City center of Le Havre
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The City center of Le Havre is a post-World War II modernist urban ensemble in Normandy, France, renowned for its innovative use of reinforced concrete and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| City center of Le Havre canonical | 1 |
| Place de l’Hôtel de Ville, Le Havre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T856355 — 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: City center of Le Havre Context triple: [Auguste Perret, designed, City center of Le Havre]
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A.
Cité du Havre
Cité du Havre is a man-made peninsula in Montreal, Canada, known for hosting the iconic Habitat 67 housing complex and offering waterfront views of the Saint Lawrence River and the city skyline.
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B.
Port of Le Havre
The Port of Le Havre is one of France’s largest and busiest seaports, serving as a major gateway for maritime trade on the English Channel and the North Sea.
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C.
Honfleur
Honfleur is a historic port town in Normandy, northern France, renowned for its picturesque old harbor, timber-framed houses, and association with Impressionist painters.
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D.
Cherbourg
Cherbourg is a major French port city on the Cotentin Peninsula, known for its strategic naval harbor and cross-Channel ferry connections.
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E.
Rouen
Rouen is a historic city in northern France renowned for its medieval architecture, Gothic cathedral, and association with figures like Joan of Arc and the Impressionist painter Claude Monet.
- 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: City center of Le Havre Target entity description: The City center of Le Havre is a post-World War II modernist urban ensemble in Normandy, France, renowned for its innovative use of reinforced concrete and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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A.
Cité du Havre
Cité du Havre is a man-made peninsula in Montreal, Canada, known for hosting the iconic Habitat 67 housing complex and offering waterfront views of the Saint Lawrence River and the city skyline.
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B.
Port of Le Havre
The Port of Le Havre is one of France’s largest and busiest seaports, serving as a major gateway for maritime trade on the English Channel and the North Sea.
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C.
Honfleur
Honfleur is a historic port town in Normandy, northern France, renowned for its picturesque old harbor, timber-framed houses, and association with Impressionist painters.
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D.
Cherbourg
Cherbourg is a major French port city on the Cotentin Peninsula, known for its strategic naval harbor and cross-Channel ferry connections.
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E.
Rouen
Rouen is a historic city in northern France renowned for its medieval architecture, Gothic cathedral, and association with figures like Joan of Arc and the Impressionist painter Claude Monet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Heritage Site
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city center ⓘ urban ensemble ⓘ |
| architect | Auguste Perret ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
modernist architecture
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post-war modernism ⓘ |
| associatedArchitect |
André Hermant
ⓘ
Jacques Poirrier ⓘ Pierre-Édouard Lambert ⓘ Raymond Audigier ⓘ |
| contains |
Avenue Foch, Le Havre
ⓘ
Hôtel de Ville of Le Havre ⓘ Le Volcan cultural center ⓘ Perret apartment blocks ⓘ City center of Le Havre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Place de l’Hôtel de Ville, Le Havre
Rue de Paris, Le Havre ⓘ Saint-Joseph Church, Le Havre ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| governingBody | Municipality of Le Havre ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Le Havre
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Normandy ⓘ Seine-Maritime ⓘ northwestern France ⓘ |
| mainPlanner | Auguste Perret ⓘ |
| materialUsed | reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative use of reinforced concrete
ⓘ
large-scale post-war reconstruction plan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Le Havre urban area
ⓘ
Le Havre urban area ⓘ
surface form:
municipality of Le Havre
|
| periodOfConstruction | 1945–1964 ⓘ |
| protectionStatus | protected under French heritage law ⓘ |
| rebuiltAfter |
Allied bombings of 1944
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World War II ⓘ |
| recognizedFor |
coherent use of prefabrication and modular design
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influence on post-war urban reconstruction in Europe ⓘ integration of modernist principles at city scale ⓘ |
| tourismType | cultural tourism destination ⓘ |
| UNESCOCriteria |
(ii)
ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| UNESCORegion | Europe and North America ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteId | 1181 ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatementOfOutstandingUniversalValue | an outstanding example of post-war urban planning and architecture based on the unity of methodology and the systematic use of prefabrication ⓘ |
| urbanPlanningConcept |
large open squares
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orthogonal street grid ⓘ standardized modular buildings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: City center of Le Havre Description of subject: The City center of Le Havre is a post-World War II modernist urban ensemble in Normandy, France, renowned for its innovative use of reinforced concrete and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Place de l’Hôtel de Ville, Le Havre