General Information
| Other name(s): | Genbaku Domu |
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| Completion: | 1915 |
| Status: | in ruins |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
original use: Exhibition hall current use: Monument |
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Location
Technical Information
There currently is no technical data available.
Chronology
| April 1915 | The building is opened housing the Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition. |
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| 1921 | The name is changed to Hiroshima Prefectural Products Exhibition Hall. |
| 1933 | The name is changed to Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall. |
| 6 April 1945, 08:16 | The atomic bomb explodes only 160 meters away from the building. The building is the closest structure to the hypocenter to withstand the blast without being entirely destroyed. It has been preserved in exactly that state since and serves as memorial against the use of nuclear weapons and for world peace. |
Participants
Architecture
- Jan Letzel (architect)
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20033104 - Published on:
06/11/2007 - Last updated on:
24/08/2015
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