2. FOR EVERY
BODY WHO
TRAVELS TO
ENGLAND, BIG
BEN IS ONE OF
THE FIRST
PLACES IN
LONDON
WHICH YOU
MUST VISIT!
3. • Big Ben is
London’s
landmark.
• It is the bell
which means the
time from the
clock tower, next
to the Parliament
and its sound is
broadcast "live"
from the radio
Come on.
4. • The clock has
four faces, it’s
106 m high,
and has a bell
tower that
weighs 14
tunes.
• It rings every
hour.
5. • It took its
name from
Benjamin Hall,
who was the
foreman to
construct it in
1858. The
clock is the
largest in
Britain.
6. • The four
plates have a
diameter of
7.5 meters
and a bronze
hand 4.25
meters in
length.
7. • The Big Ben
has been
standing in
London for
three
centuries and
it is adjusted
to London's
pulse.