Big Ben

Big Ben – famous watches set on the tower of the London Parliament, at an altitude of about 100 meters above the embankment of the Thames River. The construction of the tower is part of the Westminster Palace and is its most famous part. This palace was previously the haven of kings. Inside it there are 1200 rooms and halls with spacious corridors. Big Ben is officially called the Westminster Palace Clock Tower or also as the St. Stephen's Tower".

It includes a tower building with a clock and a bell.

This watch tower is the third highest in the world. Inside it, a 13-ton bell was installed, in honor of which the clock tower was named. The clock is located on four sides in order to find out the time from anywhere in the review.

At the beginning of the construction of Big Ben in 1837, the task was to establish the largest and most accurate watch mechanism with the heaviest and most ringing bell.

This task was translated into reality in 1859 by the masters Dent and Edmund Becket Denison. On May 31, the clock was launched. From now on until now, they have never stopped.

The most accurate time sounds every hour, and the ringing of the bell can be heard from all over England. Big Ben plays the melody from « Messiah » Georg Friedrich Handel. It sounds completely every hour and partially after half an hour and every 15 minutes. Help the big bell 4 smaller bells in size, they recoup a quarter of the time.

The clock is set at an altitude of 55 meters from the surface with a glass dial diameter of about 7 meters. On the bottom of the four dials, an inscription on the Latin is engraved, meaning « God save Queen Victoria I ». Inside the tower there is a mechanism weighing up to 5 tons.

The accuracy of the mechanism is constantly monitored and monitored. At intervals of two days, it is checked and smeared. In case of the slightest inaccuracy, they put a old-style coin – English penny on the pendulum. This coin is of great benefit – with its help accelerate or reduce the proportion of seconds of time.

Big Ben is a business card of London and all of England, his image is used when mentioning England. And the saying « The accuracy-politeness of kings » is very relevant for England. This place is also the center of New Year's celebrations, with its call back they begin to celebrate the New Year's Eve.

There are also reduced doubles located at the crossroads of the city, and also sell souvenirs for tourists - copies of Big Benov.