Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa
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The Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Peru renowned for its well-preserved colonial architecture built largely from white volcanic sillar stone.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1026147 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa Context triple: [Arequipa, UNESCOListedAs, Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa]
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Archbishop’s Palace of Lima
The Archbishop’s Palace of Lima is a prominent colonial-era residence and administrative seat of the Archbishop, renowned for its ornate neo-colonial architecture and location on Lima’s main square.
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Plaza Mayor de Lima
Plaza Mayor de Lima is the historic main square of Peru’s capital, renowned as the birthplace of the city and surrounded by key colonial-era buildings such as the Government Palace and the Cathedral of Lima.
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Lima Cathedral
Lima Cathedral is the principal Roman Catholic church of Lima, Peru, renowned for its colonial architecture and its prominent location on the city’s main square.
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Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral area
The Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral area is a renowned underground religious and tourist complex built within a former salt mine near the town of Zipaquirá in Colombia.
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E.
Municipal Palace of Lima
The Municipal Palace of Lima is the historic city hall and seat of the municipal government of Lima, notable for its neocolonial architecture and prominent location on the Plaza Mayor.
- 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: Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa Target entity description: The Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Peru renowned for its well-preserved colonial architecture built largely from white volcanic sillar stone.
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A.
Archbishop’s Palace of Lima
The Archbishop’s Palace of Lima is a prominent colonial-era residence and administrative seat of the Archbishop, renowned for its ornate neo-colonial architecture and location on Lima’s main square.
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B.
Plaza Mayor de Lima
Plaza Mayor de Lima is the historic main square of Peru’s capital, renowned as the birthplace of the city and surrounded by key colonial-era buildings such as the Government Palace and the Cathedral of Lima.
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C.
Lima Cathedral
Lima Cathedral is the principal Roman Catholic church of Lima, Peru, renowned for its colonial architecture and its prominent location on the city’s main square.
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D.
Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral area
The Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral area is a renowned underground religious and tourist complex built within a former salt mine near the town of Zipaquirá in Colombia.
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E.
Municipal Palace of Lima
The Municipal Palace of Lima is the historic city hall and seat of the municipal government of Lima, notable for its neocolonial architecture and prominent location on the Plaza Mayor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Heritage Site
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historic city centre ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Baroque
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Andean Baroque ⓘ
surface form:
Mestizo Baroque
Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith | volcanic landscape of Misti volcano ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| governingBody | Municipality of Arequipa ⓘ |
| hasHeritageValue |
integration of European and native building techniques
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outstanding example of a colonial settlement in a volcanic landscape ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa
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Church and complex of La Compañía ⓘ Santa Catalina Monastery ⓘ
surface form:
Monastery of Santa Catalina
Plaza de Armas of Arequipa ⓘ colonial mansions ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected area ⓘ |
| inscriptionYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
use of white volcanic stone in buildings
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well-preserved colonial architecture ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arequipa
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Arequipa Region ⓘ southern Peru ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC−05:00 ⓘ |
| materialUsed | white volcanic sillar stone ⓘ |
| near | Chili River ⓘ |
| officialName | Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa self-link ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arequipa
ⓘ
surface form:
Arequipa metropolitan area
Arequipa ⓘ
surface form:
City of Arequipa
|
| tourismType | cultural tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOCriteria |
(i)
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(iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCODocumentLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| UNESCORegion |
Latin America
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surface form:
Latin America and the Caribbean
|
| UNESCOSiteId | 1016 ⓘ |
| UNESCOStateParty |
Peru
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Peru
|
| urbanFunction |
administrative centre of Arequipa
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commercial centre of Arequipa ⓘ religious centre of Arequipa ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa Description of subject: The Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Peru renowned for its well-preserved colonial architecture built largely from white volcanic sillar stone.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Arequipa historic centre
this entity surface form:
historic center of Arequipa
this entity surface form:
historic center of Arequipa
Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa
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officialName
→
Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa
self-link
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this entity surface form:
Historic Centre of Arequipa
this entity surface form:
Historic Centre of Arequipa World Heritage Site
Plaza de Armas of Arequipa
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locatedInHistoricDistrict
→
Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Historic Centre of Arequipa
this entity surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Arequipa