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Cenotaph for the A-Bomb Victims, Hiroshima: exterior. The Memorial Cenotaph at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
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Cenotaph for the A-Bomb Victims, Hiroshima: exterior. Cenotaph for A-Bomb Victims
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Cenotaph for the A-Bomb Victims, Hiroshima: exterior. A south view of the Cenotaph, Hiroshima
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Cenotaph for the A-Bomb Victims, Hiroshima: exterior. A south view of the Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima
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Memorial · Modernism

Cenotaph for the A-Bomb Victims

byKenzō TangeSee all 24 buildings →Hiroshima, Japan ↗

1952

Key featuresKenzō Tange's 1952 cenotaph in Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park, for the atomic bomb dead.

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Architect
Kenzō Tange
Place
Hiroshima, Japan
Year
1952
Typology
Memorial
Movement
Modernism
Region
East Asia

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