World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage
Hiroshima Paece Memorial, Genbaku Dome
Inscribed: 1996
Components
Main data
- Name of Property
- Hiroshima Paece Memorial, Genbaku Dome
- Components
- Hiroshima Paece Memorial, Genbaku Dome
- Place
- Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
- Tentative List Submission
- Tentative List Submission: 1995
- Nommination
- Nommination: Sep/1995
- Inscribed
- Inscribed: Dec/1996
- Criteria
- (ⅵ)
- Municipality
- Hiroshima Prefecture Board of Education
- Municipality Website
- https://www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/site/english/list1375-5375.html(Hiroshima City)
- UNESCO Website
- https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/775
- Photo
- Hiroshima Prefecture Board of Education
Related Resources
Explanation
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) was the only structure left standing in the area where the first atomic bomb exploded on 6 August 1945. Through the efforts of many people, including those of the city of Hiroshima, it has been preserved in the same state as immediately after the bombing. Not only is it a stark and powerful symbol of the most destructive force ever created by humankind; it also expresses the hope for world peace and the ultimate elimination of all nuclear weapons.