Villamayor sandstone
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Villamayor sandstone is a golden-hued, easily carved building stone from the Salamanca region of Spain, renowned for giving the historic city its characteristic warm color and ornate architectural detail.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Villamayor sandstone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13284405 — 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: Villamayor sandstone Context triple: [Old City of Salamanca, builtWith, Villamayor sandstone]
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A.
Harper Sandstone
Harper Sandstone is a geologic rock formation known for its sandstone layers that record ancient depositional environments in the regional stratigraphic sequence.
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B.
Bohemian sandstone
Bohemian sandstone is a durable, locally quarried sedimentary rock from the Bohemia region, historically used in many notable Central European buildings and monuments.
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New Brunswick sandstone
New Brunswick sandstone is a durable, reddish-brown building stone historically quarried in New Jersey and widely used in 19th-century American architecture and monuments.
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Aztec Sandstone
Aztec Sandstone is a prominent Jurassic-age red and cream-colored sandstone formation known for creating the dramatic cliffs and rock formations of the Red Rock Canyon area near Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Bunter Sandstone
Bunter Sandstone is a Lower Triassic sedimentary rock formation in central Europe, characterized by its colorful, layered sandstones that form prominent landscapes and are important for regional geology and groundwater reservoirs.
- 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: Villamayor sandstone Target entity description: Villamayor sandstone is a golden-hued, easily carved building stone from the Salamanca region of Spain, renowned for giving the historic city its characteristic warm color and ornate architectural detail.
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A.
Harper Sandstone
Harper Sandstone is a geologic rock formation known for its sandstone layers that record ancient depositional environments in the regional stratigraphic sequence.
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B.
Bohemian sandstone
Bohemian sandstone is a durable, locally quarried sedimentary rock from the Bohemia region, historically used in many notable Central European buildings and monuments.
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C.
New Brunswick sandstone
New Brunswick sandstone is a durable, reddish-brown building stone historically quarried in New Jersey and widely used in 19th-century American architecture and monuments.
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D.
Aztec Sandstone
Aztec Sandstone is a prominent Jurassic-age red and cream-colored sandstone formation known for creating the dramatic cliffs and rock formations of the Red Rock Canyon area near Las Vegas, Nevada.
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E.
Bunter Sandstone
Bunter Sandstone is a Lower Triassic sedimentary rock formation in central Europe, characterized by its colorful, layered sandstones that form prominent landscapes and are important for regional geology and groundwater reservoirs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building stone
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sandstone ⓘ sedimentary rock ⓘ |
| aestheticValue | warm chromatic effect on urban landscape ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
piedra de Villamayor
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piedra franca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedCity | Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Duero Basin sedimentary formations ⓘ |
| color |
golden
ⓘ
warm yellow ⓘ |
| contains |
feldspar
ⓘ
iron oxides ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbolic stone of Salamanca ⓘ |
| density | relatively low ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Cenozoic
ⓘ
Tertiary ⓘ |
| givesCityColorTo | Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageRole | key material in Salamanca Old City UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| ironOxidesEffect | produce golden hue ⓘ |
| localUse | traditional construction material in Salamanca area ⓘ |
| mainConstituent | quartz ⓘ |
| mechanicalStrength | moderate ⓘ |
| miningMethod | open-pit quarrying ⓘ |
| notableFor |
easily carved texture
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ornate architectural detail ⓘ |
| permeability | high ⓘ |
| porosity | high ⓘ |
| province | Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| quarriedIn | Villamayor de la Armuña NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Castile and León NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suitableFor |
ornamental stonework
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stone carving ⓘ |
| susceptibleTo | weathering ⓘ |
| texture | fine- to medium-grained ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civil architecture
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façades ⓘ religious architecture ⓘ sculptural decoration ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Plaza Mayor of Salamanca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salamanca Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Salamanca buildings NERFINISHED ⓘ historic buildings of Salamanca ⓘ |
| usedSince | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weatheringIssues |
loss of detail in carvings
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surface erosion ⓘ |
| workability | high ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Villamayor sandstone Description of subject: Villamayor sandstone is a golden-hued, easily carved building stone from the Salamanca region of Spain, renowned for giving the historic city its characteristic warm color and ornate architectural detail.
Referenced by (1)
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