Town of Tordesillas
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The Town of Tordesillas is a historic municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain, best known as the site where the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas was signed dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Town of Tordesillas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6282142 — 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: Town of Tordesillas Context triple: [Ayuntamiento de Tordesillas, administers, Town of Tordesillas]
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A.
Sete Cidades
Sete Cidades is a picturesque civil parish on São Miguel Island in the Azores, best known for its twin crater lakes set within a massive volcanic caldera.
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B.
Tierra de Barros
Tierra de Barros is a renowned wine- and olive-producing comarca in southwestern Spain characterized by its fertile, clay-rich soils.
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C.
Tagüeña
Tagüeña is a Spanish surname most notably associated with Manuel Tagüeña, a Republican military officer and physicist active during the Spanish Civil War.
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D.
Buena Fe
Buena Fe is a small city in Ecuador known for its agricultural activities and location within the coastal Los Ríos Province.
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E.
Castilla del Oro
Castilla del Oro was an early 16th-century Spanish colonial territory in Central America, centered in present-day Panama and parts of neighboring regions, that served as a key base for exploration and conquest in the New World.
- 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: Town of Tordesillas Target entity description: The Town of Tordesillas is a historic municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain, best known as the site where the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas was signed dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal.
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A.
Sete Cidades
Sete Cidades is a picturesque civil parish on São Miguel Island in the Azores, best known for its twin crater lakes set within a massive volcanic caldera.
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B.
Tierra de Barros
Tierra de Barros is a renowned wine- and olive-producing comarca in southwestern Spain characterized by its fertile, clay-rich soils.
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C.
Tagüeña
Tagüeña is a Spanish surname most notably associated with Manuel Tagüeña, a Republican military officer and physicist active during the Spanish Civil War.
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D.
Buena Fe
Buena Fe is a small city in Ecuador known for its agricultural activities and location within the coastal Los Ríos Province.
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E.
Castilla del Oro
Castilla del Oro was an early 16th-century Spanish colonial territory in Central America, centered in present-day Panama and parts of neighboring regions, that served as a key base for exploration and conquest in the New World.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | municipality ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionType | municipio ⓘ |
| coordinatesApprox |
41.5°N
ⓘ
5.0°W ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| distanceTo | approximately 30 km southwest of Valladolid city ⓘ |
| governedBy | Ayuntamiento de Tordesillas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalEvent | local religious festivals ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritageStatus | important historical site in Castile and León ⓘ |
| hasDemonym |
tordesillana
ⓘ
tordesillano ⓘ |
| hasEconomySector |
agriculture
ⓘ
services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
historic old town
ⓘ
medieval urban layout ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | site of the signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Bridge of Tordesillas over the Duero
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Church of San Antolín NERFINISHED ⓘ Church of Santa María NERFINISHED ⓘ Plaza Mayor of Tordesillas NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Monastery of Santa Clara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity | Valladolid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCodePrefix | 47100 ⓘ |
| hasProvinceCapital | Valladolid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection |
A-6 motorway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A-62 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Age of Discovery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ |
| knownFor |
preservation of medieval and early modern architecture
ⓘ
role in early modern global territorial division ⓘ |
| languageRegion | Castilian-speaking area of Spain ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Province of Valladolid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
autonomous community of Castile and León NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Northern Meseta of the Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedOn | River Duero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf | historical Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| treatySignedHere | Treaty of Tordesillas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| treatySignedHereParties |
Crown of Castile
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| treatySignedHereSubject | division of newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal ⓘ |
| treatySignedHereYear | 1494 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Town of Tordesillas Description of subject: The Town of Tordesillas is a historic municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain, best known as the site where the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas was signed dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal.
Referenced by (1)
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