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Genbaku Dome

Hiroshima · Hiroshima · Architecture

Japanese name: 原爆ドーム

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Genbaku Dome
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WHAT TO DOGenbaku Dome

A World Heritage site of the negative kind. It keeps the memory of 6 August 1945 exactly as it is.

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A World Heritage site of the negative kind. It keeps the memory of 6 August 1945 exactly as it is.

About this place

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (広島平和記念碑, Hiroshima Heiwa Kinenhi), originally the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, and now commonly called the Genbaku Dome, Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome (原爆ドーム, Genbaku Dōmu), is part of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. The building is a prominent structure that remained standing in the area around the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, three days before the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and nine days before Japan surrendered, ending World War II. The ruin serves as a memorial to the over 140,000 people killed in the bombing. It is permanently kept in a state of preserved ruin as a reminder of the destructive effects of nuclear warfare.

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Founded / opened:1915 Designation:World Cultural Heritage Site

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