Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc

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Baroque column Marian and Trinity column UNESCO World Heritage Site religious monument

The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc is a monumental Baroque Marian and Trinity column in the Czech Republic, renowned for its elaborate religious sculptures and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc canonical	4
Holy Trinity Column	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1638488 — 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: Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc
Context triple: [Moravia, hasUNESCOSite, Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc]

A. Plzeň City Hall
Plzeň City Hall is the historic administrative building and seat of local government in the city of Plzeň in the Czech Republic.
B. St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral is a monumental Gothic cathedral within Prague Castle, renowned as a spiritual symbol of the Czech state and the traditional coronation and burial site of Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors.
C. Old Town Hall with Astronomical Clock
Old Town Hall with Astronomical Clock is a historic Gothic town hall in Prague famous for its medieval astronomical clock that performs an hourly animated show.
D. Church of Our Lady before Týn
The Church of Our Lady before Týn is a prominent Gothic church dominating Prague’s Old Town skyline, renowned for its twin spires and historical significance as a major medieval religious and cultural landmark.
E. Prague Castle
Prague Castle is a historic fortress complex in Prague that served as the seat of Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors and is now the official residence of the Czech president.
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: Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc
Target entity description: The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc is a monumental Baroque Marian and Trinity column in the Czech Republic, renowned for its elaborate religious sculptures and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A. Plzeň City Hall
Plzeň City Hall is the historic administrative building and seat of local government in the city of Plzeň in the Czech Republic.
B. St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral is a monumental Gothic cathedral within Prague Castle, renowned as a spiritual symbol of the Czech state and the traditional coronation and burial site of Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors.
C. Old Town Hall with Astronomical Clock
Old Town Hall with Astronomical Clock is a historic Gothic town hall in Prague famous for its medieval astronomical clock that performs an hourly animated show.
D. Church of Our Lady before Týn
The Church of Our Lady before Týn is a prominent Gothic church dominating Prague’s Old Town skyline, renowned for its twin spires and historical significance as a major medieval religious and cultural landmark.
E. Prague Castle
Prague Castle is a historic fortress complex in Prague that served as the seat of Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors and is now the official residence of the Czech president.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque column ⓘ Marian and Trinity column ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ religious monument ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Baroque ⓘ
category	Baroque architecture in the Czech Republic ⓘ Plague columns in the Czech Republic ⓘ
constructionEnd	1754 ⓘ
constructionStart	1716 ⓘ
country	Czech Republic ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important example of Central European Baroque art ⓘ symbol of Olomouc ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Holy Trinity ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
hasPart	Chapel in the base ⓘ column shaft ⓘ ornamental pedestal ⓘ reliefs of biblical scenes ⓘ sculpture of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary ⓘ sculptures of the Holy Trinity ⓘ statues of saints ⓘ
hasVisitorAccess	yes ⓘ
height	approximately 35 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
imageDepicts	Catholic saints ⓘ Holy Trinity ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
inception	1716 ⓘ
isPartOf	Olomouc ⓘ surface form: Historic Centre of Olomouc
locatedIn	Moravia ⓘ Olomouc ⓘ Olomouc Region ⓘ Upper Square in Olomouc ⓘ historic centre of Olomouc ⓘ
locatedOn	public square ⓘ
materialUsed	gilded copper ⓘ stone ⓘ
notableFor	exceptionally rich sculptural decoration ⓘ integration of a chapel within the column base ⓘ large number of Baroque statues ⓘ
purpose	commemoration of the end of plague epidemics ⓘ expression of Catholic faith ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent	consecration in 1754 ⓘ
UNESCOcriteria	(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOinscriptionYear	2000 ⓘ
UNESCOregion	Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	859 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Moravia → hasUNESCOSite → Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc ⓘ

Olomouc → hasHeritageSite → Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc ⓘ

Olomouc → knownFor → Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Trinity Column

Olomouc → hasLandmark → Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc ⓘ

Olomouc Region → containsUNESCOSite → Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc ⓘ

Main Square of Linz → hasLandmark → Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc ⓘ