Speyer Cathedral
E102369
Basilica minor
Catholic cathedral
Medieval church building
Romanesque cathedral
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Speyer Cathedral is a monumental medieval Romanesque church in Germany, renowned as one of the largest and most significant Romanesque cathedrals in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Speyer Cathedral canonical | 25 |
| Cathedral church of the Diocese of Speyer | 1 |
| Imperial Cathedral of Speyer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T814071 — 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: Speyer Cathedral Context triple: [Romanesque architecture, notableExample, Speyer Cathedral]
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A.
Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral is a towering Gothic masterpiece in Strasbourg, France, renowned for its intricate façade, astronomical clock, and once being the world’s tallest building.
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B.
Frankfurt Cathedral
Frankfurt Cathedral is a historic Gothic-style Roman Catholic church in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, renowned for its role as the coronation site of Holy Roman Emperors.
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C.
Hildesheim Cathedral
Hildesheim Cathedral is a medieval Romanesque church in Hildesheim, Germany, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its architecture and exceptional medieval art treasures.
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D.
Münster Cathedral
Münster Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Münster, Germany, renowned as the city’s principal church and a prominent example of medieval ecclesiastical architecture.
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E.
Église Saint-Nicolas de Strasbourg
Église Saint-Nicolas de Strasbourg is a historic Catholic church on Strasbourg’s Grande Île, notable for its medieval origins and Gothic architectural features.
- 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: Speyer Cathedral Target entity description: Speyer Cathedral is a monumental medieval Romanesque church in Germany, renowned as one of the largest and most significant Romanesque cathedrals in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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A.
Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral is a towering Gothic masterpiece in Strasbourg, France, renowned for its intricate façade, astronomical clock, and once being the world’s tallest building.
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B.
Frankfurt Cathedral
Frankfurt Cathedral is a historic Gothic-style Roman Catholic church in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, renowned for its role as the coronation site of Holy Roman Emperors.
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C.
Hildesheim Cathedral
Hildesheim Cathedral is a medieval Romanesque church in Hildesheim, Germany, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its architecture and exceptional medieval art treasures.
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D.
Münster Cathedral
Münster Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Münster, Germany, renowned as the city’s principal church and a prominent example of medieval ecclesiastical architecture.
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E.
Église Saint-Nicolas de Strasbourg
Église Saint-Nicolas de Strasbourg is a historic Catholic church on Strasbourg’s Grande Île, notable for its medieval origins and Gothic architectural features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Basilica minor
ⓘ
Catholic cathedral ⓘ Medieval church building ⓘ Romanesque cathedral ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Speyer Cathedral
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Cathedral of Speyer
|
| architecturalStyle | Romanesque architecture ⓘ |
| architecturalType | Basilica ⓘ |
| burialPlaceOf |
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
ⓘ
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Philip of Swabia ⓘ Rudolf of Habsburg ⓘ several German kings and emperors ⓘ |
| consecrationYear | 1061 ⓘ |
| constructionBeganUnder | Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| cryptSignificance | one of the largest Romanesque columned crypts in Europe ⓘ |
| cryptType | Hall crypt ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint Stephen ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer ⓘ |
| domeHeight | approximately 71 meters ⓘ |
| germanName | Dom zu Speyer ⓘ |
| groundbreakingDate | circa 1030 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crypt
ⓘ
eastern apse with flanking towers ⓘ large western facade with twin towers ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| length | approximately 134 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Rhineland-Palatinate
ⓘ
Speyer ⓘ Upper Rhine Plain ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Rhine region
|
| material | Sandstone ⓘ |
| naveHeight | approximately 33 meters ⓘ |
| numberOfTowers | 4 main towers ⓘ |
| rite | Latin Rite ⓘ |
| significance |
major monument of Romanesque architecture in Germany
ⓘ
one of the largest Romanesque churches in the world ⓘ symbol of imperial power of the Salian dynasty ⓘ |
| status |
Speyer Cathedral
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cathedral church of the Diocese of Speyer
|
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(ii)
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(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion | Europe and North America ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 168 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| visitorAttraction | major tourist attraction in Speyer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Speyer Cathedral Description of subject: Speyer Cathedral is a monumental medieval Romanesque church in Germany, renowned as one of the largest and most significant Romanesque cathedrals in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Adolf of Nassau
this entity surface form:
Cathedral church of the Diocese of Speyer
this entity surface form:
Imperial Cathedral of Speyer
subject surface form:
Western Germany