Fort Apollonia
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Fort Apollonia is a historic coastal fort in western Ghana, built by European traders during the trans-Atlantic trade era and now part of the UNESCO-listed Forts and Castles of Ghana.
All labels observed (1)
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| Fort Apollonia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5954148 — 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 Apollonia Context triple: [Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions, hasPart, Fort Apollonia]
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A.
Fort Pampus
Fort Pampus is a 19th-century artificial island fortress in the IJmeer near Amsterdam, built as part of the Dutch Defence Line and now a historic museum and UNESCO World Heritage site.
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B.
Castra Praetoria
Castra Praetoria was the fortified military camp in ancient Rome that served as the main base and headquarters of the Praetorian Guard.
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C.
Fort Margherita
Fort Margherita is a 19th-century riverside fortress in Kuching, Sarawak, built during the Brooke era and now serving as a historical landmark and museum.
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D.
Fort Pilar
Fort Pilar is a historic 17th-century Spanish military fortress and Catholic shrine in Zamboanga City, Philippines, known as a symbol of the city’s colonial past and religious devotion.
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E.
Fort Capuzzo
Fort Capuzzo was an Italian-built desert fort near the Libya–Egypt border that became a strategically important and fiercely contested strongpoint during the North African Campaign of World War II.
- 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 Apollonia Target entity description: Fort Apollonia is a historic coastal fort in western Ghana, built by European traders during the trans-Atlantic trade era and now part of the UNESCO-listed Forts and Castles of Ghana.
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A.
Fort Pampus
Fort Pampus is a 19th-century artificial island fortress in the IJmeer near Amsterdam, built as part of the Dutch Defence Line and now a historic museum and UNESCO World Heritage site.
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B.
Castra Praetoria
Castra Praetoria was the fortified military camp in ancient Rome that served as the main base and headquarters of the Praetorian Guard.
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C.
Fort Margherita
Fort Margherita is a 19th-century riverside fortress in Kuching, Sarawak, built during the Brooke era and now serving as a historical landmark and museum.
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D.
Fort Pilar
Fort Pilar is a historic 17th-century Spanish military fortress and Catholic shrine in Zamboanga City, Philippines, known as a symbol of the city’s colonial past and religious devotion.
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E.
Fort Capuzzo
Fort Capuzzo was an Italian-built desert fort near the Libya–Egypt border that became a strategically important and fiercely contested strongpoint during the North African Campaign of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site component
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coastal fort ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | European coastal fortification ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
European colonialism in West Africa
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trans-Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| builtBy |
British traders
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European traders ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| governingBody | Ghana Museums and Monuments Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction | museum ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
NERFINISHED
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UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected monument ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nzema East Municipal District
NERFINISHED
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Western Region, Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ western Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTown | Beyin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Ivory Coast border ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Atlantic Ocean
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Gulf of Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
masonry
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stone ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Forts and Castles of Ghana
NERFINISHED
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Gold Coast fortifications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionHistoricName | Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence of European-African trade relations
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part of Ghana’s coastal defense and trade network ⓘ |
| usedFor |
gold trade
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slave trade ⓘ trade ⓘ trans-Atlantic trade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Apollonia Description of subject: Fort Apollonia is a historic coastal fort in western Ghana, built by European traders during the trans-Atlantic trade era and now part of the UNESCO-listed Forts and Castles of Ghana.
Referenced by (1)
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