FAMOUS SIGHTS

by Alexia Anastasiou

THE BIG BEN CLOCK

The Big Ben is a clock in the tower of the British parliament, at Westminster of London. It is well-known for its accuracy and for its bells which sound in thirteen different tunes. It was designed by the Baron Edmund Beckett and placed in 1859 to the tower which composes the eastern part of the British parliament. The name of Big Ben at first only meant the bells of the clock, but finally it ended up referring to the name of the whole clock. Big Ben isn’t famous only for its beauty, but also for the thousands of people who visit it every year.