Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall

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The Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, now preserved as the Atomic Bomb Dome, is a former exhibition building in Hiroshima that became a symbol of peace after surviving the 1945 atomic bombing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf atomic bombing site
building
exhibition hall
historical site
alsoKnownAs A-Bomb Dome
Atomic Bomb Dome
linked to: A-Bomb Dome

Genbaku Dome
architect Jan Letzel
architectNationality Czech
architectStyle European modernist
architecturalFeature central dome
associatedWith Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
bombExplodedInAirAbove approximately 600 meters altitude
commemorates victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
completionDate 1915
constructionStartDate 1910
country Japan
currentCondition ruin
currentUse war memorial
dateOfDestructionEvent 1945-08-06
distanceFromHypocenter approximately 160 meters
event atomic bombing of Hiroshima
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of Japan
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Hiroshima Prefecture NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Motoyasu River
location Hiroshima City
linked to: Hiroshima

Naka Ward, Hiroshima
maintainedBy City of Hiroshima
linked to: Hiroshima
material brick
concrete
steel
nativeName 広島県産業奨励館
near Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
originalFunction exhibition space
industrial promotion hall
owner Hiroshima Prefectural Government
partOf Hiroshima Peace Memorial
linked to: A-Bomb Dome
preservationDecisionYear 1966
preservationStatus preserved in damaged state
survivedEvent atomic bombing of Hiroshima
symbolOf nuclear disarmament
peace
touristAttraction true
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite true
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteCriteria (vi)
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteInscriptionYear 1996
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
linked to: A-Bomb Dome
visitorsPerYear over one million

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Jan Letzel notableWork Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall
Genbaku Dome hasPart ruins of Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall
subject linked to: Jan Letzel
linked to: Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall
Jan Letzel designed Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall
Jan Letzel designed Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall
subject linked to: Letzel
Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall nativeName 広島県産業奨励館
linked to: Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall