Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell located inside the clock tower at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London. The 13-tonne bell rings every hour and its chimes can be heard all over the world. The clock tower, which houses Big Ben, is over 96 meters tall and took over a year to build, being completed in 1858. Big Ben has since become one of the most iconic symbols of London and England.

1. Big Ben
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2. Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the
clock at the north end of the Palace of
Westminster in London The clock tower became
one of the most prominent symbols of both
London and England.

3. The clock was built on
April 10, 1858

4. Big Ben - is not the name of
the tower, it’s a 13-tonne bell
that rings inside
.

5. Big Ben is the
only bell.
Its height is
2 meters,
and a diameter is
almost 3 meters.

6. These clocks on the tower of the Parliament of the
United Kingdom can be hear all over the world.
BBC Radio microphones transmit
their fight every hour .From 31 to 1 planet officially
under international interim standards must enter a
new year.

7. Tower height is
.
61 meters (not
counting the spire);
clock located at a
height of 55 m from
the ground. With a
diameter of the dial
in7 meters and a
length of the arrows
in the 2,7 and 4,2
meters, the height
of each figure - only
61 cm. Hours
Are considered to
be one of the
world's largest

8. In Big Ben tourists are
not allowed. Get on top
of 96 meter tower can
only by a narrow spiral
staircase.334 steps
lead to small open area
where a legendary
bell is.

9. The name Big Ben is
surrounded by interesting
stories. The official
version: Bell named head
of construction sulfur
Benjamin Hola. For its
impressive size foreman
gave the nickname Big
Ben. Another version the bell got its name from
the athlete and a boxer
since Queen Victoria.

10. Big Ben and its surrounding other small bells chime
knock out the following words:
"Through this hour God keeps me, and his strength will
not allow anyone to stumble"

11. .
After midnight the first blow hammer on Big Ben is
exactly the same from the first second of the hour.
Every 2 days mechanism is thoroughly tested and
grease, counted daily temperature and pressure

12. The dials of Big Ben look at all 4 corners of the world. They are
made from opal Birmingham, clockwise from cast iron, and the
minutes are made of copper sheet. It is estimated that the minute
arrows are for the year the total distance 190 km.

13. Big Ben - a symbol of its time. The period of greatest
dawn of the country. And an inscription in Latin: "God
save the Queen Victoria" - a tribute of personal respect
for the monarch, in which both arose such a thing as the
British Empire.

14. Big Ben has a
phenomenal success
both in Britain and
abroad. In London
there are a lot of
“Little Bens”