Fourvière Metal Tower
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The Fourvière Metal Tower is a prominent steel structure in Lyon, France, resembling a small Eiffel Tower and serving as a key telecommunications and skyline landmark.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fourvière Metal Tower canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3752263 — 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: Fourvière Metal Tower Context triple: [Fourvière Hill, hasLandmark, Fourvière Metal Tower]
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A.
Beaugrenelle towers
The Beaugrenelle towers are a group of modern high-rise residential and office buildings in Paris, known for their distinctive 1970s architecture along the Seine in the 15th arrondissement.
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B.
Château d’Eau
Château d’Eau is a Paris Métro station in the 10th arrondissement, located near Gare de l’Est and serving the bustling Boulevard de Strasbourg area.
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C.
Jacquemart clock tower
The Jacquemart clock tower is a historic clock tower and emblematic landmark of the French town of Moulins, known for its automaton figures that strike the hours.
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D.
Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons
Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons is an 18th-century monumental public fountain in Paris, celebrated for its elaborate sculptural decoration and classical allegories of the four seasons.
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E.
Jacquemart Tower
Jacquemart Tower is a historic clock and bell tower in Romans-sur-Isère, France, known as a prominent medieval landmark of the town.
- 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: Fourvière Metal Tower Target entity description: The Fourvière Metal Tower is a prominent steel structure in Lyon, France, resembling a small Eiffel Tower and serving as a key telecommunications and skyline landmark.
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A.
Beaugrenelle towers
The Beaugrenelle towers are a group of modern high-rise residential and office buildings in Paris, known for their distinctive 1970s architecture along the Seine in the 15th arrondissement.
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B.
Château d’Eau
Château d’Eau is a Paris Métro station in the 10th arrondissement, located near Gare de l’Est and serving the bustling Boulevard de Strasbourg area.
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C.
Jacquemart clock tower
The Jacquemart clock tower is a historic clock tower and emblematic landmark of the French town of Moulins, known for its automaton figures that strike the hours.
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D.
Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons
Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons is an 18th-century monumental public fountain in Paris, celebrated for its elaborate sculptural decoration and classical allegories of the four seasons.
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E.
Jacquemart Tower
Jacquemart Tower is a historic clock and bell tower in Romans-sur-Isère, France, known as a prominent medieval landmark of the town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landmark
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observation tower ⓘ telecommunications tower ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | lattice tower ⓘ |
| builtFor | Exposition universelle et coloniale de Lyon 1894 ⓘ |
| category |
19th-century architecture in France
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buildings and structures completed in 1894 ⓘ communication towers in France ⓘ observation towers in France ⓘ towers in Lyon ⓘ |
| cityPanoramaRole | dominant feature of Lyon skyline ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1892 ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 372 metres ⓘ |
| hasAntenna |
radio antenna
ⓘ
television antenna ⓘ |
| hasCoordinates | 45.762°N 4.822°E ⓘ |
| hasFunction | transmission tower ⓘ |
| height |
282 feet
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85.9 metres ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | emblematic structure of Lyon ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1894 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Eiffel Tower ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fourvière Hill
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surface form:
Fourvière hill
Lyon ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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surface form:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lyon metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
Metropolis of Lyon
|
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| materialUsed | steel ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature | Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière ⓘ |
| officialName | Tour métallique de Fourvière ⓘ |
| owner | TDF (Télédiffusion de France) ⓘ |
| publicAccess | not open to the public ⓘ |
| status | in use ⓘ |
| topFloorHeight | 85.9 metres ⓘ |
| usedFor |
observation
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radio broadcasting ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1894 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fourvière Metal Tower Description of subject: The Fourvière Metal Tower is a prominent steel structure in Lyon, France, resembling a small Eiffel Tower and serving as a key telecommunications and skyline landmark.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.