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Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Cultural World Heritage property in Japan, inscribed in 1996 under criterion (vi).

Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Japan
Photo: Oilstreet · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Japan
Year of inscription
1996
Criteria
vi
Area of property
0.4 ha
Location
Ōtemachi
What it is
A-bombed building, memorial
Founded or built
1915
Next to
Motoyasu River
Visitors a year
2,264,543 (2024) · ranking
Reference
WHC 775 · Wikidata Q231140

Why it is on the List

(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Itsukushima Shrine, Japan17 kmItsukushima ShrineJapan · 1996CulturalIwami Ginzan Silver Mine, Japan79 kmIwami Ginzan Silver MineJapan · 2007CulturalSites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, Japan96 kmSites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal MiningJapan · 2015CulturalHimeji Castle, Japan211 kmHimeji CastleJapan · 1993CulturalSacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region, Japan216 kmSacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata RegionJapan · 2017CulturalMozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan, Japan290 kmMozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient JapanJapan · 2019Cultural
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