BIG BEN

Made by:Tudor Felicia-Cristina

 BIG BEN
Big Ben, a symbol of Great Britain, is the tower at the north end of
Westminster Palace in London, which houses the Houses of
Parliament. Its name comes from the nickname given to the big bell.
Big Ben was installed in 1859 and got its name from the famous 13
and a half ton bell that announces the exact time.
Although the term Big Ben refers strictly to the clock, the English use
this term to refer to the entire tower.
The building belongs to Benjamin Hall, who actually gave it the name
Ben.
 First and foremost, one of the things I should visit is that the clock is
set by adding or removing small, old penny coins, stacked on the
pendulum.
 Secondly we can visit the tower, because the four clock dials are
located at 54.9 m above the ground. Each dial has a diameter of 7
meters and is made of cast iron with 312 pieces of opal glass. The
language for hours is 2.7 meters long and the language for minutes is
4.3 meters. The clock mechanism weighs 5 tons.
Big Ben is for London, what the Eiffel Tower is for Paris. It is the
most emblematic symbol of the city.