GB - LONDON: Parliament Square and Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower)
Big Ben is one of London's best-known landmarks and looks most spectacular at night when the clockfaces are illuminated. The four dials of the clock are 23 feet square, the minute hand is 14 feet long and the figures are 2 feet high. Minutely regulated with a stack of coins placed on the huge pendulum, Big Ben is an excellent timekeeper, which has rarely stopped. The name Big Ben refers not to the clock-tower itself, but to the thirteen ton bell hung within. The bell was named after the first commissioner of works, Sir Benjamin Hall.
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Location: London, Great Britain
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