Neo-Romanesque
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Neo-Romanesque is an architectural style that revives and adapts medieval Romanesque forms, characterized by rounded arches, heavy masonry, and robust, fortress-like massing.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Romanesque Revival | 237 |
| Romanesque Revival architecture | 37 |
| Neo-Romanesque canonical | 19 |
| Neo-Romanesque architecture | 8 |
| Rundbogenstil | 5 |
| Neo-Romanesque (basilica) | 1 |
| Neoromanesque architecture | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T239163 — 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: Neo-Romanesque Context triple: [Royal Ontario Museum, architecturalStyle, Neo-Romanesque]
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A.
Richardsonian Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque is a 19th-century architectural style characterized by massive stone walls, rounded arches, and a robust, fortress-like appearance, popularized by architect Henry Hobson Richardson.
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B.
Italian Renaissance Revival
Italian Renaissance Revival is an architectural style that reinterprets the forms and ornamentation of 15th- and 16th-century Italian Renaissance buildings, featuring classical proportions, arches, and richly detailed façades.
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Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that revived and adapted medieval Gothic forms—such as pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and ornate tracery—primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is a medieval European building style characterized by thick walls, rounded arches, sturdy piers, large towers, and decorative arcading, widely used in churches and castles before the rise of Gothic architecture.
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Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a medieval European architectural style characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, flying buttresses, and large stained-glass windows, used prominently in grand cathedrals and churches.
- 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: Neo-Romanesque Target entity description: Neo-Romanesque is an architectural style that revives and adapts medieval Romanesque forms, characterized by rounded arches, heavy masonry, and robust, fortress-like massing.
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A.
Richardsonian Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque is a 19th-century architectural style characterized by massive stone walls, rounded arches, and a robust, fortress-like appearance, popularized by architect Henry Hobson Richardson.
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B.
Italian Renaissance Revival
Italian Renaissance Revival is an architectural style that reinterprets the forms and ornamentation of 15th- and 16th-century Italian Renaissance buildings, featuring classical proportions, arches, and richly detailed façades.
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C.
Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that revived and adapted medieval Gothic forms—such as pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and ornate tracery—primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is a medieval European building style characterized by thick walls, rounded arches, sturdy piers, large towers, and decorative arcading, widely used in churches and castles before the rise of Gothic architecture.
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E.
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a medieval European architectural style characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, flying buttresses, and large stained-glass windows, used prominently in grand cathedrals and churches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural style
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historicist style ⓘ |
| basedOn | Romanesque architecture ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Gothic Revival architecture ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod |
19th century
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
monumentality
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structural expression ⓘ weight and mass ⓘ |
| follows | Romanesque architecture ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
arcades
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axial plans ⓘ battlement-like parapets ⓘ belt courses ⓘ broad gables ⓘ buttresses ⓘ corbel tables ⓘ deeply recessed openings ⓘ emphasis on solidity ⓘ fortified church-like appearance ⓘ fortress-like appearance ⓘ heavy cornices ⓘ heavy masonry ⓘ massive piers ⓘ polychrome masonry ⓘ robust massing ⓘ rock-faced stone ⓘ round towers with conical roofs ⓘ round-arched arcaded galleries ⓘ round-arched arcading ⓘ round-arched doorways ⓘ round-arched windows ⓘ rounded arches ⓘ rusticated stonework ⓘ sculpted archivolts ⓘ semi-circular arches ⓘ simple geometric ornament ⓘ small window openings ⓘ string courses ⓘ symmetrical facades ⓘ thick walls ⓘ towers ⓘ turrets ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Romanesque churches
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medieval European architecture ⓘ |
| partOf |
19th-century revival architecture
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historicist architecture ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Australia
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Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Richardsonian Romanesque
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Neo-Romanesque self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rundbogenstil
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| usedFor |
church buildings
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public buildings ⓘ railway stations ⓘ residential buildings ⓘ synagogues ⓘ university buildings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Neo-Romanesque Description of subject: Neo-Romanesque is an architectural style that revives and adapts medieval Romanesque forms, characterized by rounded arches, heavy masonry, and robust, fortress-like massing.
Referenced by (308)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Highland Lawn Cemetery
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Romanesque Revival
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Romanesque Revival
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Romanesque Revival
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Waldorf Astoria Washington DC
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival architecture
Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square (historical meeting location)
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Neo-Romanesque
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Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
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Romanesque Revival
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Romanesque Revival
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Romanesque Revival
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Arts and Industries Building
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
subject surface form:
Historicism (architecture)
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Historicism (architecture)
this entity surface form:
Rundbogenstil
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival architecture
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U Street Historic District
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival architecture
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Romanesque Revival
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Romanesque Revival architecture
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Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Neo-Romanesque architecture
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival architecture
this entity surface form:
Neo-Romanesque architecture
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival architecture
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival architecture
this entity surface form:
Neo-Romanesque architecture
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Neoromanesque architecture
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival architecture
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Neo-Romanesque (basilica)
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival
this entity surface form:
Romanesque Revival