What is Hiroshima Peace Memorial?
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site | WHS = Hiroshima Peace Memorial<br />(Genbaku Dome) | Image = Genbaku Dome04-r.JPG | Caption = Ruin of Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall | Location = [[Hiroshima]], Japan | Criteria = Cultural: vi | ID = 775 | Year = 1996 | Coordinates = {{coord|34|23|44|N|132|27|13|E}} | locmapin = Japan Hiroshima Prefecture#Japan | map_caption = Location of the Peace Memorial }} '''Hiroshima Peace Memorial''', also called the '''Atomic Bomb Dome''' or {{Nihongo|'''A-Bomb Dome'''|原爆ドーム|Genbaku Dōmu}}, is in central [[Hiroshima]], [[Japan]]. It is part of the [[Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park]]. [[UNESCO]] named the dome a [[World Heritage Site]] in 1996. The dome is the ruined Hiroshima Prefectural Products Exhibition Hall. It was kept as a memorial to the people who were killed in the [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|atomic bombing of Hiroshima]] on August 6, 1945. The bombing killed 70,000 people instantly, and another 70,000 died later from the [[radiation]]. == History == [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[architect]] [[Jan Letzel]] designed the building. It was completed in April 1915 and was named the Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition. It was opened to the public in August that year. In 1921 the name was changed to the Hiroshima Prefectural Products Exhibition Hall. Finally in 1933, the name changed to the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall. == Atomic bombing == [[File:Hiroshima Dome 1945.gif|thumb|upright|The Genbaku Dome in October 1945. Photograph by [[Shigeo Hayashi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/virtual/VirtualMuseum_e/exhibit_e/exh0702_e/exh070201_e.html#01 |title=Let's look at the Special Exhibit : Hiroshima on October 5,1945 |publisher=Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |accessdate=15 August 2010}}</ref>]] At 8:15 on August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb to be used in war exploded almost directly above the dome. Everyone inside the building was killed instantly,<ref>Hiroshim