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HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, C. 1945. THE HIROSHIMA-KEN SHOREI KAN (PREFECTURAL INDUSTRY PROMOTION BUILDING) ALSO KNOWN AS THE INDUSTRIAL HALL AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BEFORE THE DROPPING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB OF 1945-08-06. THE BUILDING, WITH ITS DISTINCTIVE DOME, WAS DESIGNED BY JAN LETSEL OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA. IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1915-04 AND OPENED 1915-08-05. THE BUILDING REMAINS TODAY, PRESERVED INTACT AS A MONUMENT. (DONOR MR. HIROSHI MIYAZAWA GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE OF HIROSHIMA)
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