Big Ben, that’s the name given for the greatest bell of the clock which is situated at the northeastern end of the Westminster Palace from London city.

Another nickname is the tower clock because it is famous through its massive and amazing bell. The Big Ben clock has a weight of over 13 tonnes. The clock is known to have the most accurate tiem all over the world.

The clock’s hands are about 2.7 and 4.3 metres long. The clock tower’s length rises up to 96 metres. The Big Ben clock’s chimes have been broadcast since the 1924 year as once per day signal by the BBC. The Big Ben clock have had this year, on May 2009, no more and no less than 150 years of anniversary. It was built at Westminster in 1288, with the Ralph Hengham’s money, who is theChief Justice of the Beach of King.
Most of people are wondering why was the Big Ben Clock built?

The old Westminster Palace was burned on 1834 and ten years later, in 1844, the Parliament had decided that the new buildings for the Parliament’s Houses, should have incorporated a tower clock.

Then, George Airy ,the Astronomer Royal had to make a project for the clock. His required that “the first stroke of the hour bell should register the time, correct to within one second per day, and furthermore that it should telegraph its performance twice a day to Greenwich Observatory, where a record would be kept.”
As a conclusion, the clock has become nowadays the most renowned symbol of UK and London.