Fort Saint-Jean

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Fort Saint-Jean is a historic coastal fortress in Marseille, France, guarding the entrance to the Old Port and now integrated into the MuCEM museum complex.

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Label Occurrences
Fort Saint-Jean canonical 11
Fort Saint-Jean site 2

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortress
historic monument
tourist attraction
architecturalStyle military architecture
builtBy Louis XIV of France
surface form: King Louis XIV of France
builtInCentury 17th century
category Buildings and structures in Marseille
Coastal fortifications in France
Forts in France
Tourist attractions in Marseille
city Marseille
connectedBy footbridge to MuCEM main building
constructionStart 1668
country France
currentUse cultural venue
museum site
damagedIn World War II
function coastal defense
harbor defense
guards Vieux-Port de Marseille
surface form: Old Port of Marseille
hasPart courtyards
ramparts
towers
hasView Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde
surface form: Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde

Vieux-Port de Marseille
surface form: Old Port of Marseille
heritageDesignation Monument historique (France)
heritageDesignationCountry France
integratedInto MuCEM
surface form: MuCEM museum complex
locatedIn Bouches-du-Rhône
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
locatedInNeighborhood Vieux-Port de Marseille
surface form: Vieux-Port area of Marseille
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea
location Marseille
managedBy MuCEM
material stone
nearby Fort Saint-Nicolas
openToPublic yes
owner French Republic
surface form: French state
partOf MuCEM
situatedAt entrance of the Old Port of Marseille
underwent restoration after World War II
usedBy German forces during World War II
usedDuring World War II
surface form: Second World War

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- 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: Fort Saint-Jean
Description of subject: Fort Saint-Jean is a historic coastal fortress in Marseille, France, guarding the entrance to the Old Port and now integrated into the MuCEM museum complex.

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marseille hasLandmark Fort Saint-Jean
Vieux-Port de Marseille adjacentTo Fort Saint-Jean
MUCEM (Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations) locatedNear Fort Saint-Jean
subject surface form: MUCEM
MUCEM (Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations) hasPart Fort Saint-Jean
subject surface form: MUCEM
this entity surface form: Fort Saint-Jean site
Fort Saint-Nicolas locatedOpposite Fort Saint-Jean
Fort Saint-Nicolas hasViewOf Fort Saint-Jean
Lacydon locatedNear Fort Saint-Jean
fortifications of Marseille hasPart Fort Saint-Jean
subject surface form: Fortifications of Marseille
MuCEM integratedWith Fort Saint-Jean
MuCEM hasPart Fort Saint-Jean
this entity surface form: Fort Saint-Jean site
MuCEM hasViewOf Fort Saint-Jean
Sainte-Marie-Majeure nearbyAttraction Fort Saint-Jean