trulli houses of Alberobello
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The trulli houses of Alberobello are distinctive whitewashed limestone dwellings with conical stone roofs, forming a UNESCO-listed historic townscape in southern Italy’s Apulia region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Trulli of Alberobello | 1 |
| trulli houses of Alberobello canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2475966 — 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: trulli houses of Alberobello Context triple: [Apulia, knownFor, trulli houses of Alberobello]
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A.
Historic Centre of San Gimignano
The Historic Centre of San Gimignano is a well-preserved medieval hill town in Italy renowned for its distinctive tower houses, intact city walls, and rich Gothic and Romanesque architecture.
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B.
Pitigliano
Pitigliano is a picturesque hilltop town in southern Tuscany, Italy, renowned for its well-preserved Jewish heritage and historic ghetto, earning it the nickname “Little Jerusalem.”
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C.
Basilica di San Nicola, Bari
The Basilica di San Nicola in Bari is a major Romanesque pilgrimage church in southern Italy, renowned as the resting place of the relics of Saint Nicholas and an important spiritual center for both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians.
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D.
Nocera Umbra
Nocera Umbra is a historic hill town in the Umbria region of central Italy, known for its medieval architecture and mineral springs.
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E.
Valley of the Temples
The Valley of the Temples is a renowned archaeological park near Agrigento in Sicily, famous for its exceptionally well-preserved ancient Greek temples and classical ruins.
- 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: trulli houses of Alberobello Target entity description: The trulli houses of Alberobello are distinctive whitewashed limestone dwellings with conical stone roofs, forming a UNESCO-listed historic townscape in southern Italy’s Apulia region.
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A.
Historic Centre of San Gimignano
The Historic Centre of San Gimignano is a well-preserved medieval hill town in Italy renowned for its distinctive tower houses, intact city walls, and rich Gothic and Romanesque architecture.
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B.
Pitigliano
Pitigliano is a picturesque hilltop town in southern Tuscany, Italy, renowned for its well-preserved Jewish heritage and historic ghetto, earning it the nickname “Little Jerusalem.”
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C.
Basilica di San Nicola, Bari
The Basilica di San Nicola in Bari is a major Romanesque pilgrimage church in southern Italy, renowned as the resting place of the relics of Saint Nicholas and an important spiritual center for both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians.
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D.
Nocera Umbra
Nocera Umbra is a historic hill town in the Umbria region of central Italy, known for its medieval architecture and mineral springs.
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E.
Valley of the Temples
The Valley of the Temples is a renowned archaeological park near Agrigento in Sicily, famous for its exceptionally well-preserved ancient Greek temples and classical ruins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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tourist attraction ⓘ traditional dwelling ⓘ vernacular architecture ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | trullo ⓘ |
| buildingLayout | single-cell or multi-cell units ⓘ |
| climateAdaptationFeature |
cool interiors in hot summers
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thermal insulation from thick stone walls ⓘ |
| constructionTechnique |
corbelled masonry
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dry-stone construction ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| currentUse |
residential housing
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shops and restaurants ⓘ tourist accommodation ⓘ |
| developedInCentury |
14th century
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15th century ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
agricultural storage buildings
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rural dwellings ⓘ |
| inscriptionYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alberobello
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Apulia ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form:
southern Italy
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| locatedInCountry | Italy ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
dry stone
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limestone ⓘ |
| municipality | Alberobello ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
cylindrical or square base with conical roof
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pinnacles on roof apex ⓘ symbols painted on roofs ⓘ thick stone walls for insulation ⓘ |
| partOf | historic center of Alberobello ⓘ |
| peakDevelopmentPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| province | Metropolitan City of Bari ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | UNESCO ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Murgia plateau ⓘ |
| roofDecoration | white symbols of religious or superstitious meaning ⓘ |
| roofType | conical stone roof ⓘ |
| tourismImportance | major attraction in Apulia ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageJustification |
exceptional survival of a historic urban settlement of trulli
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outstanding example of a form of building construction derived from prehistoric techniques ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteCriteria |
(iii)
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(iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 787 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName |
trulli houses of Alberobello
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Trulli of Alberobello
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| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteRegion | Europe and North America ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteType | cultural ⓘ |
| wallFinish | whitewashed ⓘ |
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Subject: trulli houses of Alberobello Description of subject: The trulli houses of Alberobello are distinctive whitewashed limestone dwellings with conical stone roofs, forming a UNESCO-listed historic townscape in southern Italy’s Apulia region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
trulli houses of Alberobello
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UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName
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trulli houses of Alberobello
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
The Trulli of Alberobello