Hiroshima Castle (広島城 Hiroshima-jō) sometimes called Carp Castle (鯉城 Rijō) was a castle in Hiroshima Japan which was the home of the daimyō (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima han (fief). The castle was constructed in the 1590s but was destroyed by the atomic bombing on 6 August 1945. It was rebuilt in 1958 a replica of the original which now serves as a museum of Hiroshima’s history prior to World War II.
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