Hiroshima Peace Memorial
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How it came to be
The building now called the Atomic Bomb Dome was designed by the Czech architect Jan Letzel and completed in 1915 as a prefectural exhibition hall for Hiroshima's products. It was renamed in 1921, and again in 1933 as the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall.
At 8:15 a.m. on 6 August 1945 the atomic bomb dropped by the United States exploded about 150 m east of the building, and everyone inside was killed instantly. Only the skeleton of the hall survived, and it was the only structure left standing near the hypocentre.
Some residents wanted the ruin demolished and others wanted it kept. Hiroshima City Council resolved in 1966 to preserve it permanently, and the first conservation work was carried out in 1967. It was inscribed as a World Heritage site in December 1996.
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