![]() ![]() ![]() Lights illuminate the clock face during the night time hours as well as when the U.K.’s parliament is in session. It includes four clock faces each featuring 312 pieces of glass, minute hands measuring fourteen feet long, and numbers about 23 inches long. Designed by British architect Augustus Pugin, Big Ben was constructed in a neo-Gothic style to serve as the standard clock of the city. Its name refers to the thirteen plus ton bell housed inside the iconic bell tower which measures 315 feet in height and includes 334 steps from the ground level up to the belfry. Big Ben has been a world-famous symbol of British culture ever since it first rang out on May 31, 1859.
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