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Big BenBig Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the place of Westminster in London,[ and often extended to refer to the clock and the Clock tower.

The tower is officially known as the Elizabeth Tower, renamed as such to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth (prior to being renamed in 2012 it was known as simply "Clock Tower"). The tower holds the second largest four-faced chiming clock in the world Minneapolis City Hall being the first)[3]. The tower was completed in 1858 and had its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009, during which celebratory events took place. The tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of the United Kingdom and is often in the establishing shot of films set in London.

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Big Ben

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British Museum

The British Museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane . The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury, on the site of the current museum building. Its expansion over the following two and a half centuries was largely a result of an expanding British colonial footprint and has resulted in the creation of several branch institutions, the first being the British Museum in South Kensington in

1881. The British Museum is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.

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British Museum

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Tower of London

Is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London . It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the city of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. It was founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England. The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William The Conqueror in 1078, and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new ruling elite. The castle was used as a prison from 1100 until 1952although that was not its primary purpose.

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Tower Bridge

• Tower Bridge (built 1886–1894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London which crosses the River Thames It is close to the Tower of London , from which it takes its name, and has become an iconic symbol of London.

• The bridge consists of two towers tied together at the upper level by means of two horizontal walkways, designed to withstand the horizontal forces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge on the landward sides of the towers. The vertical component of the forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers. The bascule pivots and operating machinery are housed in the base of each tower.

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Tower Bridge

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