Palenque
E31619
Palenque is an ancient Maya city in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved temples, palaces, and intricate inscriptions.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palenque canonical | 38 |
| Palenque archaeological site | 5 |
| Palace of Palenque | 4 |
| Palenque archaeological zone | 2 |
| Cross Group (Palenque) | 1 |
| Maya city-state of Palenque | 1 |
| Maya site of Palenque | 1 |
| Palace complex of Palenque | 1 |
| Palenque region | 1 |
| ancient Maya city of Palenque | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T227249 — 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: Palenque Context triple: [Mesoamerica, majorSite, Palenque]
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A.
Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
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B.
Tláhuac
Tláhuac is a largely semi-rural borough in the southeastern part of Mexico City, known for its chinampas (traditional canal-based agriculture) and rapid urbanization.
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C.
Iztacalco
Iztacalco is one of the boroughs of Mexico City, known for its dense urban character, historic canals, and traditional neighborhoods.
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D.
Coyoacán
Coyoacán is a historic and culturally rich borough in southern Mexico City, known for its colonial architecture, cobblestone streets, and artistic heritage.
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E.
Bejucal
Bejucal is a Cuban town and municipality known for its historic role in the island’s early railway system and its traditional “Charangas de Bejucal” carnival festivities.
- 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: Palenque Target entity description: Palenque is an ancient Maya city in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved temples, palaces, and intricate inscriptions.
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A.
Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
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B.
Tláhuac
Tláhuac is a largely semi-rural borough in the southeastern part of Mexico City, known for its chinampas (traditional canal-based agriculture) and rapid urbanization.
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C.
Iztacalco
Iztacalco is one of the boroughs of Mexico City, known for its dense urban character, historic canals, and traditional neighborhoods.
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D.
Coyoacán
Coyoacán is a historic and culturally rich borough in southern Mexico City, known for its colonial architecture, cobblestone streets, and artistic heritage.
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E.
Bejucal
Bejucal is a Cuban town and municipality known for its historic role in the island’s early railway system and its traditional “Charangas de Bejucal” carnival festivities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
ancient Maya city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| abandonedInCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
| architectureStyle | Classic Maya architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Pakal dynasty
ⓘ
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| discoveredByEuropeans | 18th century explorers ⓘ |
| earlyExplorer |
Antonio del Río
ⓘ
Frederick Catherwood ⓘ Jean-Frédéric Waldeck ⓘ John Lloyd Stephens ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Alberto Ruz Lhuillier ⓘ |
| floruit |
7th century
ⓘ
8th century ⓘ |
| function |
ceremonial center
ⓘ
political center ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Aqueduct
ⓘ
Ballcourt ⓘ Group of the Cross ⓘ Palenque self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Palace of Palenque
Temple of the Skull ⓘ
surface form:
Temple XIII
Temple of the Cross ⓘ Temple of the Cross ⓘ
surface form:
Temple of the Foliated Cross
Temple of the Inscriptions ⓘ Temple of the Skull ⓘ
surface form:
Temple of the Red Queen
Temple of the Skull ⓘ Temple of the Sun ⓘ |
| inscriptionsType | Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elaborate stucco sculpture
ⓘ
hieroglyphic texts ⓘ intricate inscriptions ⓘ palaces ⓘ refined architectural style ⓘ well-preserved temples ⓘ |
| language |
Classic period in Mesoamerica
ⓘ
surface form:
Classic Maya
|
| locatedIn |
Chiapas
ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ Tumbalá mountains foothills ⓘ Usumacinta River ⓘ
surface form:
Usumacinta River basin
|
| locatedNear |
Usumacinta River
ⓘ
modern town of Palenque ⓘ |
| notableDiscovery |
Temple of the Inscriptions
ⓘ
surface form:
sarcophagus of Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
|
| period | Classic period of Maya civilization ⓘ |
| region | western Maya lowlands ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(i)
ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion |
Latin America
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin America and the Caribbean
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Palenque Description of subject: Palenque is an ancient Maya city in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved temples, palaces, and intricate inscriptions.
Referenced by (55)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Palenque archaeological site
this entity surface form:
Palenque archaeological zone