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

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