Basilica of San Francesco
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The Basilica of San Francesco is a renowned medieval church in Arezzo, Italy, best known for housing Piero della Francesca’s celebrated fresco cycle "The Legend of the True Cross."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basilica of San Francesco canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5521710 — 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: Basilica of San Francesco Context triple: [Arezzo, hasLandmark, Basilica of San Francesco]
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Cattedrale di San Francesco
Cattedrale di San Francesco is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Livorno, Italy, dedicated to Saint Francis and notable for its religious and architectural significance in the city.
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Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is a major Italian pilgrimage church and UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its Gothic architecture and exceptional frescoes by artists such as Giotto and Cimabue.
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Basilica of San Francesco di Paola
The Basilica of San Francesco di Paola is a prominent Neoclassical church in Naples, Italy, known for its grand domed structure and its position as a focal point of Piazza del Plebiscito.
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San Francesco church
San Francesco church is a historic Franciscan church in Città di Castello, Italy, noted for its medieval architecture and religious significance.
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San Domenico church
San Domenico church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Città di Castello, Italy, noted for its medieval origins and artistic heritage.
- 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: Basilica of San Francesco Target entity description: The Basilica of San Francesco is a renowned medieval church in Arezzo, Italy, best known for housing Piero della Francesca’s celebrated fresco cycle "The Legend of the True Cross."
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A.
Cattedrale di San Francesco
Cattedrale di San Francesco is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Livorno, Italy, dedicated to Saint Francis and notable for its religious and architectural significance in the city.
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B.
Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is a major Italian pilgrimage church and UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its Gothic architecture and exceptional frescoes by artists such as Giotto and Cimabue.
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Basilica of San Francesco di Paola
The Basilica of San Francesco di Paola is a prominent Neoclassical church in Naples, Italy, known for its grand domed structure and its position as a focal point of Piazza del Plebiscito.
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D.
San Francesco church
San Francesco church is a historic Franciscan church in Città di Castello, Italy, noted for its medieval architecture and religious significance.
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E.
San Domenico church
San Domenico church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Città di Castello, Italy, noted for its medieval origins and artistic heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic church
ⓘ
basilica ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Gothic ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | masterpiece of early Renaissance painting ⓘ |
| artStyle | Renaissance frescoes ⓘ |
| cityCentreLocation | historic centre of Arezzo ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 14th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 13th century ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Francis of Assisi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| façadeStyle | simple unfinished façade ⓘ |
| flooring | stone pavement ⓘ |
| floorPlanType | hall church ⓘ |
| hasApse | polygonal apse ⓘ |
| hasArtworkBy | Piero della Francesca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBellTower | yes ⓘ |
| hasChapel |
Bacci Chapel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various side chapels ⓘ |
| hasFrescoCycle |
Stories of Saint Francis (various artists)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Legend of the True Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInteriorDecoration |
frescoes
ⓘ
painted cycles from different periods ⓘ |
| hasNaveType | single nave ⓘ |
| hasPart | Bacci Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRestoration | 20th-century restoration campaigns ⓘ |
| hasWindows | lancet windows ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | important monument of Arezzo ⓘ |
| houses | The Legend of the True Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | The Legend of the True Cross fresco cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liturgicalStatus | parish church ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arezzo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ |
| mainChapel | Bacci Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| municipality | Comune di Arezzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | east–west ⓘ |
| patronOfMainFrescoCycle | Bacci family of Arezzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | place of worship ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| region | Province of Arezzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Franciscans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roofType | wooden truss roof ⓘ |
| secondaryFunction | cultural heritage site ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Basilica of San Francesco Description of subject: The Basilica of San Francesco is a renowned medieval church in Arezzo, Italy, best known for housing Piero della Francesca’s celebrated fresco cycle "The Legend of the True Cross."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.