Today we’ve got photos of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima.

Of course, it isn’t a cathedral like a church (as the German word “Dom” usually suggests); the name actually comes from the Japanese 原爆ドーム (gembaku dōmu). So Atomic Bomb Dome is the proper name, thanks to its striking roof dome.

The building was built from a design by the Czech architect Jan Letzel and finished in April 1915. It was used as a commercial exhibition hall until “Little Boy” destroyed the city on the 6th of August 1945. While the explosion completely flattened the wooden Japanese houses of the time, the building stayed more or less intact and has served as a memorial against nuclear war ever since. Apart from a few safety measures, the building has remained completely unchanged.