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AboutBIG BEN

WHAT IS BIG BEN?\

Big Ben is the bell

that strikes the hours in the clock tower above the Houses of Parliament at Westminster in London.

It weights 13,5 tons and was

named Big Benin honour of Sir Benjamin

Hall , who was Commissioner of Works at the time of the tower’s completion in 1858.

Interestingly, the Whitechapel Bell Foundry where it was cast is still operating from the same

location today.

“Little Bens”.

There are four

smaller bells in the

tower which strike the quarters and are called

The British have long prided themselves on their democratic tradition.

Big Ben symbolises to many people the “Mother of Parliaments”.

The English Parliament was

united with the

Scottish Parliament in

1707 and with the Irish between 1801 and 1992.

Since 1688 it has been customary for the king or queen to

choose his or her ministers from

dominant political party in the Commons.

between 1840 and 1860.

The Houses of Parliament are not particularly old the present building having been built

can be seen television was destroyed by incediary boms during World War II and was

later rebuilt preserving its former character.

It does, however, incoporate portions of the mediaeval Palace of Westminister. The Commons debating chamber which nowadays

When the Houses of Parliament are in session, the clock is illuminated at night

by a light that goes off only when the House rises.

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