Genbaku Dome

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UNESCO World Heritage Site building ruin cultural heritage site peace monument tourist attraction war memorial

Genbaku Dome, also known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, is the preserved ruin of a building near the hypocenter of the 1945 atomic blast and now serves as a UNESCO World Heritage Site symbolizing the horrors of nuclear war and the hope for peace.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Atomic Bomb Dome 8
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) 5
Genbaku Dome canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
building ruin ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
peace monument ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Genbaku Dome ⓘ
surface form: Atomic Bomb Dome

Genbaku Dome ⓘ
surface form: Hiroshima Peace Memorial
architect Jan Letzel ⓘ
architectNationality Czech ⓘ
architecturalStyle European-style architecture ⓘ
associatedEvent atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Hiroshima ⓘ
Peace monuments and memorials ⓘ
World War II memorials in Japan ⓘ
completionDate 1915 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1914 ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 34.3955 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 132.4536 ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1945-08-06 ⓘ
function memorial to atomic bomb victims ⓘ
heritageDesignation Historic Site of Japan ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park ⓘ
location Hiroshima ⓘ
surface form: Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima ⓘ
surface form: Naka Ward, Hiroshima
managedBy Hiroshima ⓘ
surface form: City of Hiroshima
material brick ⓘ
concrete ⓘ
steel ⓘ
nativeName 原爆ドーム ⓘ
near hypocenter of the Hiroshima atomic bombing ⓘ
originalFunction exhibition hall ⓘ
originalName Genbaku Dome self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall
partOf Genbaku Dome self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) World Heritage property
preservationPolicy preserved in the state after the atomic bombing ⓘ
significance first structure in history preserved as a ruin of a nuclear explosion ⓘ
symbolizes abolition of nuclear weapons ⓘ
hope for world peace ⓘ
horrors of nuclear war ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1996 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID 775 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Asia-Pacific ⓘ
visitorAccess viewed from outside only ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

atomic bombing of Hiroshima → memorializedBy → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
atomic bombing of Hiroshima → memorializedBy → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
Genbaku Dome → alsoKnownAs → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Genbaku Dome → alsoKnownAs → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atomic Bomb Dome
Genbaku Dome → partOf → Genbaku Dome self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) World Heritage property
Genbaku Dome → originalName → Genbaku Dome self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall
Hiroshima → hasMemorial → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
Hiroshima → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
Jan Letzel → notableWork → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park → hasPart → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atomic Bomb Dome
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponent → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atomic Bomb Dome
western Japan → hasHistoricalSite → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Japan
this entity surface form: Atomic Bomb Dome
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Day → associatedWith → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum → nearbyFeature → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atomic Bomb Dome
Hondori shopping street → near → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atomic Bomb Dome
Ota River → notableSiteOnBanks → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atomic Bomb Dome
Hiroshima Prefecture → knownFor → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
Hiroshima Prefecture → hasWorldHeritageSite → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall → alsoKnownAs → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
Monument in Memory of the Korean Victims of the A-bomb → locatedNear → Genbaku Dome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atomic Bomb Dome