The Hiroshima Peace Memorial, also known as the Atomic Bomb Dome, is the ruin of a building in Hiroshima that was one of the few structures to remain standing close to the hypocenter of the atomic bomb dropped on the city on 6 August 1945. It was designed by the Czech architect Jan Letzel and completed in 1915 as the Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall, and later used as the Industrial Promotion Hall. The bomb exploded almost directly above it, killing everyone inside, but its steel dome frame and part of the walls survived. After the war it was preserved as a reminder of the devastation and as a symbol of the hope for peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.
Before and after
- from 9 May 1915 to 18 June 1915Second Battle of Artois
- from 23 May 1915 to 6 November 1918Italian Front
- 10 June 1915Birth of Saul Bellow
- from 13 July 1915 to 24 August 1915Narew Offensive
- 5 August 1915Construction of Hiroshima Peace Memorial
- from 8 August 1915 to 19 August 1915Battle of the Gulf of Riga
- 29 August 1915Birth of Ingrid Bergman
- from 25 September 1915 to 14 October 1915Battle of Loos
- October 1915Publication of The Metamorphosis
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1920Christ the Redeemer
- 1923Construction of Forbidden City
- 1925Rise of Art Deco
- 1935Construction of Cà Mau Airport
- 21 September 1937Publication of The Hobbit
- 15 January 1943Construction of The Pentagon
The era
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