Van Gogh’s Café Terrace site

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café location historic site tourist attraction

Van Gogh’s Café Terrace site is the historic café location in Arles, France, famously depicted in Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 painting "Café Terrace at Night" and now a popular tourist attraction.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Café Van Gogh	2
Van Gogh’s Café Terrace site canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1356403 — 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: Van Gogh’s Café Terrace site
Context triple: [Arles, hasLandmark, Van Gogh’s Café Terrace site]

A. Yellow House, Arles
Yellow House, Arles was Vincent van Gogh’s rented residence in Arles, France, where he created some of his most famous works and briefly lived with Paul Gauguin.
B. The Night Café
The Night Café is a famous 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a harshly lit, emotionally charged interior of a late-night café in Arles.
C. Henry van de Velde Museum
The Henry van de Velde Museum is a museum in Chemnitz, Germany, dedicated to the work and legacy of Belgian architect and designer Henry van de Velde, showcasing his contributions to Art Nouveau and modern design.
D. View of Delft
View of Delft is a celebrated 17th-century cityscape painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vermeer, renowned for its luminous depiction of his hometown Delft.
E. Van Gogh Museum
The Van Gogh Museum is a renowned art museum in Amsterdam dedicated to the life and works of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, housing the world’s largest collection of his paintings and drawings.
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: Van Gogh’s Café Terrace site
Target entity description: Van Gogh’s Café Terrace site is the historic café location in Arles, France, famously depicted in Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 painting "Café Terrace at Night" and now a popular tourist attraction.

A. Yellow House, Arles
Yellow House, Arles was Vincent van Gogh’s rented residence in Arles, France, where he created some of his most famous works and briefly lived with Paul Gauguin.
B. The Night Café
The Night Café is a famous 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a harshly lit, emotionally charged interior of a late-night café in Arles.
C. Henry van de Velde Museum
The Henry van de Velde Museum is a museum in Chemnitz, Germany, dedicated to the work and legacy of Belgian architect and designer Henry van de Velde, showcasing his contributions to Art Nouveau and modern design.
D. View of Delft
View of Delft is a celebrated 17th-century cityscape painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vermeer, renowned for its luminous depiction of his hometown Delft.
E. Van Gogh Museum
The Van Gogh Museum is a renowned art museum in Amsterdam dedicated to the life and works of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, housing the world’s largest collection of his paintings and drawings.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	café location ⓘ historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
depictedIn	Café Terrace at Night ⓘ
depictionFeatures	cobblestone street and starry sky ⓘ yellow-lit café terrace at night ⓘ
famousFor	association with Vincent van Gogh ⓘ being the real-life setting of Vincent van Gogh’s painting Café Terrace at Night ⓘ
hasAccessibility	open to the public ⓘ
hasArtHistoricalContext	Post-Impressionism ⓘ night café motif in Van Gogh’s work ⓘ
hasArtRouteInclusion	Van Gogh-themed itineraries in Arles ⓘ
hasAssociatedArtist	Vincent van Gogh ⓘ
hasBuildingType	street café ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation	approximately 43.676°N 4.630°E ⓘ
hasCulturalStatus	symbol of Arles’ artistic heritage ⓘ
hasCurrentUse	café ⓘ restaurant ⓘ
hasEconomicRole	contributes to local tourism economy ⓘ
hasHeritage	19th-century urban café setting ⓘ
hasLanguageName	French ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction	Place du Forum ⓘ Van Gogh walking trail in Arles ⓘ
hasNearbyLandmark	UNESCO World Heritage Site "Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments" ⓘ surface form: Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles (UNESCO World Heritage Site, city-wide)
hasOriginalPainter	Vincent van Gogh ⓘ
hasPhotographicInterest	popular photo spot for visitors ⓘ
hasPreservationStatus	maintained as a recognizable setting of the painting ⓘ
hasSignificance	iconic location in Van Gogh’s life and work ⓘ key stop on Van Gogh walking tours in Arles ⓘ
hasStreet	Place du Forum ⓘ surface form: Place du Forum pedestrian area
hasTimeOfDepictedScene	night ⓘ
hasTouristInfrastructure	interpretive signage about Van Gogh ⓘ outdoor terrace seating ⓘ
inspiredBy	everyday life in Arles in 1888 ⓘ
localName	Van Gogh’s Café Terrace site self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Café Van Gogh
locatedIn	Arles ⓘ Place du Forum in Arles ⓘ surface form: Place du Forum, Arles
locatedInRegion	Provence ⓘ Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
paintingDate	September 1888 ⓘ
touristType	art tourism destination ⓘ cultural tourism destination ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arles → hasLandmark → Van Gogh’s Café Terrace site ⓘ

Van Gogh’s Café Terrace site → localName → Van Gogh’s Café Terrace site self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Café Van Gogh

Place du Forum → hasNearbyBuilding → Van Gogh’s Café Terrace site ⓘ