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Fig. 2. Plant of the city of Hiroshima (“ palimpsestus ”) and Genbaku Dome , a sort of “ memento ”, after the atomic bombing (August 6 th , 1945).

Fig. 3 shows a modern view of the Gembaku Dome that survived to the atomic explosion, constituting today a symbol of the city.

Fig. 3. Genbaku Dome in Hiroshima.

Fig. 4 shows the ruins of the Catholic Cathedral of Urakami in Nagasaki after the atomic bombing.

Fig. 4. Ruins of the Catholic Cathedral of Urakami in Nagasaki after the atomic bombing (August 9 th , 1945).

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