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building constructed primarily for decoration
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folly

Summary

folly ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (509 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • folly is a type of garden structure[2].
  • folly is a type of garden pavilion[3].
  • folly's Commons category is recorded as Follies (architecture)[4].
  • folly's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Folly buildings[5].
  • folly's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as castle=folly[6].
  • folly's different from is recorded as maison de plaisance[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include garden structure[2] and garden pavilion[3].

Why It Matters

folly ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (509 views/month).[1] folly has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] folly is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · C960657 · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → folly
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: lysthus"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → maison de plaisance
    Subclass of → —
    Encyclopædia universalis id → folie-architecture
    Topic's main category → Category:Folly buildings
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543198605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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