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Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the second half of the 16th century on the site of a small fishing village, formerly part of Nishisonogi District...
. It is the exact ground zero
Ground zero
The term ground zero describes the point on the Earth's surface closest to a detonation...
where the atomic bomb exploded
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, the first on August 6, 1945, and the second on August 9, 1945. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date.For six months...
on August 9, 1945. It is the site of Urakami Cathedral
Urakami Cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral, often known as Urakami Cathedral after its location Urakami, is a Roman Catholic church located in Motoomachi, Nagasaki, Japan.- History :...
, which was the largest cathedral in East Asia before it was destroyed by the bomb and then rebuilt.