Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence

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Roman Catholic chapel chapel modernist religious building

The Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence is a small modernist chapel in southern France renowned for its luminous stained glass and interior designed by artist Henri Matisse.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence canonical	2
Matisse Chapel	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1977746 — 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: Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence
Context triple: [Vence, feature, Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence]

A. Notre-Dame-de-Vie (Mougins)
Notre-Dame-de-Vie in Mougins is a historic estate and former farmhouse in the south of France, best known as Pablo Picasso’s final residence and studio.
B. Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral
Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral is a Romanesque Catholic cathedral in south-central France renowned as a major Marian pilgrimage site and starting point on the Camino de Santiago.
C. Cathédrale Sainte-Réparate de Nice
Cathédrale Sainte-Réparate de Nice is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Nice, France, renowned for its Baroque architecture and dedication to Saint Reparata.
D. Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut is a renowned modernist Catholic chapel in Ronchamp, France, designed by architect Le Corbusier and celebrated for its sculptural form and innovative use of light.
E. Palais des Papes
The Palais des Papes is a vast 14th-century Gothic palace in Avignon that served as the residence of the popes during the Avignon Papacy and is one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic buildings in Europe.
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: Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence
Target entity description: The Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence is a small modernist chapel in southern France renowned for its luminous stained glass and interior designed by artist Henri Matisse.

A. Notre-Dame-de-Vie (Mougins)
Notre-Dame-de-Vie in Mougins is a historic estate and former farmhouse in the south of France, best known as Pablo Picasso’s final residence and studio.
B. Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral
Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral is a Romanesque Catholic cathedral in south-central France renowned as a major Marian pilgrimage site and starting point on the Camino de Santiago.
C. Cathédrale Sainte-Réparate de Nice
Cathédrale Sainte-Réparate de Nice is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Nice, France, renowned for its Baroque architecture and dedication to Saint Reparata.
D. Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut is a renowned modernist Catholic chapel in Ronchamp, France, designed by architect Le Corbusier and celebrated for its sculptural form and innovative use of light.
E. Palais des Papes
The Palais des Papes is a vast 14th-century Gothic palace in Avignon that served as the residence of the popes during the Avignon Papacy and is one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic buildings in Europe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic chapel ⓘ chapel ⓘ modernist religious building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Chapelle du Rosaire ⓘ Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence ⓘ surface form: Matisse Chapel
architecturalStyle	Modernism ⓘ
artMovement	Modern art ⓘ
associatedArtist	Henri Matisse ⓘ
associatedWith	Dominican friars ⓘ surface form: Dominican Order
completionDate	1951 ⓘ
constructionStart	1949 ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Our Lady of the Rosary ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
designedFor	Dominican nuns ⓘ surface form: Dominican sisters of Vence
designer	Henri Matisse ⓘ
floorPlanType	single-nave chapel ⓘ
hasArtwork	ceramic murals by Henri Matisse ⓘ liturgical vestments designed by Henri Matisse ⓘ stained glass windows by Henri Matisse ⓘ
height	approximately 15 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignationYear	1976 ⓘ
heritageStatus	monument historique of France ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1951 ⓘ
interiorDesigner	Henri Matisse ⓘ
liturgicalObjectsDesigner	Henri Matisse ⓘ
locatedIn	Vence ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Alpes-Maritimes ⓘ Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
material	ceramic tiles ⓘ reinforced concrete ⓘ
muralDesigner	Henri Matisse ⓘ
near	Nice ⓘ
notableFeature	Stations of the Cross designed by Henri Matisse ⓘ black line drawings on white tiles ⓘ luminous stained glass windows ⓘ simple altar designed by Henri Matisse ⓘ white-tiled interior ⓘ
ownedBy	Dominican friars ⓘ surface form: Dominican Order
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
stainedGlassDesigner	Henri Matisse ⓘ
theme	Rosary ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	art tourism ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ religious services ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Vence → feature → Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence ⓘ

Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence → alsoKnownAs → Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Matisse Chapel

Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France → hasLandmark → Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence ⓘ

Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France → notableFor → Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence ⓘ