Fort San Jerónimo
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Fort San Jerónimo is a historic Spanish colonial coastal fortress in Portobelo, Panama, built to defend the harbor and its vital trade routes in the Caribbean.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort San Fernando | 1 |
| Fort San Jerónimo canonical | 1 |
| Fuerte de San Jerónimo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3354427 — 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: Fort San Jerónimo Context triple: [Portobelo, builtFeature, Fort San Jerónimo]
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A.
Fort San Pedro
Fort San Pedro is a Spanish-era military fort in Cebu City, Philippines, known as one of the country’s oldest and smallest bastions of colonial defense.
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B.
Fort San Sebastian
Fort San Sebastian is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana, built by the Portuguese in the 16th century and later used by European powers as part of the West African gold and slave trade.
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C.
Fuerte de San José el Alto
Fuerte de San José el Alto is a historic coastal fortification in Campeche, Mexico, built during the colonial era to defend the city against pirate attacks and foreign invasions.
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D.
Fuerte de Guadalupe
Fuerte de Guadalupe is a historic fort in Puebla, Mexico, best known for its role in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, where Mexican forces resisted the French army.
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E.
Santa Cruz Fort
Santa Cruz Fort is a historic coastal fortress overlooking the city of Oran in Algeria, known for its strategic hilltop position and panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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: Fort San Jerónimo Target entity description: Fort San Jerónimo is a historic Spanish colonial coastal fortress in Portobelo, Panama, built to defend the harbor and its vital trade routes in the Caribbean.
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A.
Fort San Pedro
Fort San Pedro is a Spanish-era military fort in Cebu City, Philippines, known as one of the country’s oldest and smallest bastions of colonial defense.
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B.
Fort San Sebastian
Fort San Sebastian is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana, built by the Portuguese in the 16th century and later used by European powers as part of the West African gold and slave trade.
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C.
Fuerte de San José el Alto
Fuerte de San José el Alto is a historic coastal fortification in Campeche, Mexico, built during the colonial era to defend the city against pirate attacks and foreign invasions.
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D.
Fuerte de Guadalupe
Fuerte de Guadalupe is a historic fort in Puebla, Mexico, best known for its role in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, where Mexican forces resisted the French army.
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E.
Santa Cruz Fort
Santa Cruz Fort is a historic coastal fortress overlooking the city of Oran in Algeria, known for its strategic hilltop position and panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish colonial fortification
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coastal fortress ⓘ historical site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Spanish colonial military architecture ⓘ |
| builder | Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ |
| builtBy | Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| category |
Coastal fortifications
ⓘ
Forts in Panama ⓘ Spanish colonial fortifications in the Americas ⓘ |
| condition | ruin ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 18th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 17th century ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Panama ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
harbor defense
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protection of Spanish Caribbean trade routes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bastions
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cannon emplacements ⓘ curtain walls ⓘ guardrooms ⓘ moat (partly filled) ⓘ parade ground ⓘ |
| heritageCriteria | UNESCO cultural criterion (iv) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colón Province
ⓘ
Panama ⓘ Portobelo ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Portobelo National Park ⓘ |
| locatedOnBodyOfWater | Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Instituto Nacional de Cultura de Panamá ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
masonry
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Jerome
|
| nativeName | Fuerte de San Jerónimo ⓘ |
| nearby |
Fortifications of Portobelo and San Lorenzo
ⓘ
surface form:
Fort San Felipe de Portobelo
Portobelo ⓘ
surface form:
Portobelo town center
|
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operator | Government of Panama ⓘ |
| partOf | Fortifications of Portobelo and San Lorenzo ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| significantEvent | attacks by privateers in the colonial era ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1980 ⓘ |
| usedAs |
historical monument
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| usedFor |
defense of Portobelo harbor
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protection of Spanish treasure fleets ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort San Jerónimo Description of subject: Fort San Jerónimo is a historic Spanish colonial coastal fortress in Portobelo, Panama, built to defend the harbor and its vital trade routes in the Caribbean.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fort San Fernando
this entity surface form:
Fuerte de San Jerónimo