St Mark's Basilica
E117929
Italo-Byzantine church
Roman Catholic church
basilica
cathedral
landmark
minor basilica
tourist attraction
St Mark's Basilica is a renowned Italo-Byzantine cathedral in Venice famous for its opulent design, golden mosaics, and status as one of the city's most iconic religious and architectural landmarks.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1004957 — 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: St Mark's Basilica Context triple: [Venice, hasLandmark, St Mark's Basilica]
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A.
Milan Cathedral
Milan Cathedral is a monumental Gothic cathedral in central Milan, renowned for its intricate spires, marble façade, and status as one of the largest churches in the world.
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B.
Church of Sant’Antonio di Padova
The Church of Sant’Antonio di Padova is a Catholic church in Predappio, Italy, dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua and serving as a local parish and devotional center.
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C.
Basilica Palladiana
The Basilica Palladiana is a Renaissance civic building in Vicenza, Italy, renowned for its elegant arcaded loggias designed by architect Andrea Palladio.
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D.
Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
The Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers is a renowned Baroque pilgrimage church in Bavaria, Germany, dedicated to the Fourteen Holy Helpers and noted for its elaborate architecture and religious significance.
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E.
Trento Cathedral
Trento Cathedral is a Romanesque-Gothic Catholic cathedral in Trento, Italy, renowned as the historic seat of the Council of Trent in the 16th century.
- 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: St Mark's Basilica Target entity description: St Mark's Basilica is a renowned Italo-Byzantine cathedral in Venice famous for its opulent design, golden mosaics, and status as one of the city's most iconic religious and architectural landmarks.
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A.
Milan Cathedral
Milan Cathedral is a monumental Gothic cathedral in central Milan, renowned for its intricate spires, marble façade, and status as one of the largest churches in the world.
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B.
Church of Sant’Antonio di Padova
The Church of Sant’Antonio di Padova is a Catholic church in Predappio, Italy, dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua and serving as a local parish and devotional center.
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C.
Basilica Palladiana
The Basilica Palladiana is a Renaissance civic building in Vicenza, Italy, renowned for its elegant arcaded loggias designed by architect Andrea Palladio.
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D.
Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
The Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers is a renowned Baroque pilgrimage church in Bavaria, Germany, dedicated to the Fourteen Holy Helpers and noted for its elaborate architecture and religious significance.
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E.
Trento Cathedral
Trento Cathedral is a Romanesque-Gothic Catholic cathedral in Trento, Italy, renowned as the historic seat of the Council of Trent in the 16th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italo-Byzantine church
ⓘ
Roman Catholic church ⓘ basilica ⓘ cathedral ⓘ landmark ⓘ minor basilica ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Doge's Palace ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Byzantine Revival
ⓘ
Italo-Byzantine ⓘ |
| architecturalType | church ⓘ |
| becameCathedralOfVenice | 1807 ⓘ |
| city | Venice ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1094 ⓘ |
| consecrationYear | 1094 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1063 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 45.4340° N, 12.3397° E ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Mark the Evangelist
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Mark the Evangelist
|
| denomination |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
|
| domeCount | 5 ⓘ |
| façadeOrientation | west ⓘ |
| floorDecoration | opus sectile marble pavement ⓘ |
| floorPlanType | Greek-cross plan ⓘ |
| function |
St Mark's Basilica
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
cathedral of the Patriarchate of Venice
|
| governingDiocese |
Roman Catholic Patriarchate of Venice
ⓘ
surface form:
Patriarchate of Venice
|
| hasBellTower | St Mark's Campanile ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Pala d'Oro altarpiece
ⓘ
extensive interior mosaics ⓘ façade with arches and columns ⓘ five large domes ⓘ Horses of Saint Mark ⓘ
surface form:
horses of Saint Mark
marble inlays ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Venice and its Lagoon" ⓘ |
| housesRelicsOf |
Mark the Evangelist
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Mark the Evangelist
|
| influenced | Venetian Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Church of the Holy Apostles
ⓘ
surface form:
Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople
|
| interiorDecoration | mosaics covering thousands of square meters ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Italo-Byzantine architecture
ⓘ
golden mosaics ⓘ opulent design ⓘ status as symbol of Venice ⓘ |
| liturgicalStatus | patriarchal cathedral basilica ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
St Mark's Square
ⓘ
surface form:
Piazza San Marco
Venice ⓘ |
| mainPortalCount | 5 ⓘ |
| material |
brick
ⓘ
gold mosaic ⓘ marble ⓘ |
| name | St Mark's Basilica self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName |
St Mark's Basilica
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Basilica di San Marco
|
| nativeNameLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| nickname | Chiesa d'Oro ⓘ |
| nicknameLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| nicknameMeaning | Church of Gold ⓘ |
| overlooks |
St Mark's Square
ⓘ
surface form:
Piazza San Marco
|
| owner |
Roman Catholic Patriarchate of Venice
ⓘ
surface form:
Patriarchate of Venice
|
| previousFunction | private chapel of the Doge of Venice ⓘ |
| region | Veneto ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| touristVisitsPerYear | millions ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1987 ⓘ |
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: St Mark's Basilica Description of subject: St Mark's Basilica is a renowned Italo-Byzantine cathedral in Venice famous for its opulent design, golden mosaics, and status as one of the city's most iconic religious and architectural landmarks.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Basilica di San Marco
this entity surface form:
maestro di cappella at San Marco, Venice
this entity surface form:
St Mark's Basilica, Venice
this entity surface form:
Basilica di San Marco
this entity surface form:
cathedral of the Patriarchate of Venice
subject surface form:
Antonio Vivaldi
this entity surface form:
St Mark's Basilica (choir school)
this entity surface form:
Basilica di San Marco
this entity surface form:
St Mark’s Basilica, Venice
this entity surface form:
St. Mark’s Basilica
this entity surface form:
Basilica di San Marco (across the piazza)
this entity surface form:
St Mark's Basilica, Venice
this entity surface form:
Basilica di San Marco
this entity surface form:
Basilica di San Marco
this entity surface form:
Basilica di San Marco
this entity surface form:
St. Mark's Basilica
this entity surface form:
Treasury of St. Mark's Basilica