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St Bavo's Cathedral

church in Ghent, Belgium
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St Bavo's Cathedral

Summary

St Bavo's Cathedral is a Q138605497[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (175 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • St Bavo's Cathedral's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral is located in Ghent[4].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral is in the country of Belgium[5].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's image is recorded as 27052005 - St Baafskathedraal.JPG[6].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's instance of is recorded as Q138605497[7].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's instance of is recorded as cathedral[8].
  • Saint Bavo is named after St Bavo's Cathedral[9].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's architectural style is recorded as Gothic architecture[10].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's architectural style is recorded as Romanesque architecture[11].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's architectural style is recorded as Brabantine Gothic[12].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 153606734[13].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's GND ID is recorded as 4575901-7[14].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80113905[15].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's IdRef ID is recorded as 110297571[16].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's postal code is recorded as 9000[17].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's Commons category is recorded as Sint-Baafskathedraal[18].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's patron saint is recorded as Saint Bavo[19].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20013056[20].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's has part is recorded as Q137578172[21].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's has part is recorded as Q138149525[22].
  • St Bavo's Cathedral's has part is recorded as Ghent Altarpiece[23].
  • +1559-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of St Bavo's Cathedral[24].
  • +1150-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of St Bavo's Cathedral[25].
  • +1534-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of St Bavo's Cathedral[26].
  • +1400-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of St Bavo's Cathedral[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1559-01-01T00:00:00Z[24], +1150-00-00T00:00:00Z[25], +1534-00-00T00:00:00Z[26], and +1400-00-00T00:00:00Z[27].

Why It Matters

St Bavo's Cathedral ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (175 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Belgium Hubert van Eyck Jan van Eyck Peter Paul Rubens Schola Cantorum

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . sintbaafskathedraal.be. sintbaafskathedraal.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . sintbaafskathedraal.be. sintbaafskathedraal.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . id.erfgoed.net. Retrieved . id.erfgoed.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . id.erfgoed.net. Retrieved . id.erfgoed.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . sintbaafskathedraal.be. sintbaafskathedraal.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . id.erfgoed.net. Retrieved . id.erfgoed.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . id.erfgoed.net. Retrieved . id.erfgoed.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . id.erfgoed.net. Retrieved . id.erfgoed.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 5w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for the interior of the item → Category:Interior of Sint-Baafskathedraal
    Diocese → Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent
    Has part(s) → Q137578172, Q138149525, Ghent Altarpiece
    Inception → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "SintBaafskathedraal::h9935"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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