☮️ Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Genbaku Dome — atomic bombing site and UNESCO World Heritage memorial
📋 Fast Facts
- Inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996
- Only structure that remained standing near the hypocenter of the August 6, 1945 atomic bombing
- Originally the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel and completed in 1915
- Free public access; located in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
The Genbaku Dome stands as the skeletal remains of a reinforced concrete building that survived the atomic detonation nearly 160 metres from the hypocenter. Originally designed as an exhibition hall, the structure's survival in such proximity to the blast site was anomalous; the force that destroyed nearly everything else in the vicinity left this ruin largely intact, albeit stripped of walls, floors, and all interior features. Its preservation marks a deliberate choice to maintain a tangible ...