Landmarks and Monuments

The majority of the tower beneath the clock is fairly empty, apart from two exhibition rooms on two floors. The driving mechanism of the clock (which is entirely analogue) is located in a single room, underneath the clock faces.

Above the clock faces there are two chambers. The first chamber is the Belfry, and has the bell of Big Ben located in the centre, with four Quarter Bells in the corners. Above this is the mechanism for operating the bells. The highest chamber has a lantern called the Ayrton Light.

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In 1925, The con artist Victor Lustig 'sold' the tower to two different people on separate occasions. He told them that the costs for upkeep on the Eiffel Tower were so huge that the city could not afford it any longer, and secretly wanted to sell it for scrap metal.

As the Eiffel Tower was originally supposed to be temporary, and there was difficulty in maintaining it in 1925, both of his customers believed him.

it is designed by Gustav Eiffel and assisted by engineers Émile Nouguier and Maurice Koechlin and architect Stephen Sauvestre and three hundred workers joined together to built this global icon of France.

No one really knows whether this was its original use.

Druids are a rather ancient religion claiming particular links to this site, particularly to celebrate the summer solstice.

There are 72 names engraved on the Eiffel Tower of scientists, engineers, and other notable people.

the Notre dame cathedral of Paris is 320 ft tall and 220.8 ft wide

I have been told the second Eiffel Tower is inside the Statue of Liberty, but I cannot confirm this.

King François built it. (:

Paris itself was hardly bombed during thew second world war. This was due to the fact that Germany conquered it and so it was not bombed by the Germans. The English didn't bomb it either as the French were their allies. This is why many of the buildings are in such a good state and the traditional architecture still remains.

As you probably know, no-one knows exactly why it was built, or exactly who built it. It was also built over thousands of years, so its purpose may have varied over time, depending on who was adding to it.

However, one very major theory is connected to Druids. Druids placed great importance on solar events, e.g. equinoxes, and worshiped the sun. The Druids were the priests of the ancient Celtic regions and celebrated the midsummer by crowning the 'Oak King'. During sunset on the day of the Summer Equinox (midsummer), the sun appears just above (aligned with) a small, central stone in the ring in Stonehenge.

This has led to the belief that Stonehenge was built as a kind of observatory or calendar, to mark the middle of summer so that these important rituals and celebrations could take place.

The Roman Colosseum was famous for battles.The battles were generally for gladiators to fight animals such as bears.

Ramses II built many monuments during his lifetime. Some well-known monuments include Ramesseum and the rock temples of Abu Simbel.

The chimes take a long time. The first stroke of the bell (chiming the hours) marks the exact hour. It is very accurate and is seen by the British as a symbol of accurate time.

The clock also sounds every quarter of an hour.

Big Ben is a bell in the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster - but the name is often used for the clock, the tower or the building. The building is a very familiar landmark which houses the UK parliament.

The clock and the bell (part of the hourly clock chimes) are also famous as symbols of accurate time. The clock chimes have been used on television and radio as time signals, although this use has almost ceased now.

Strictly speaking, Big Ben is the name of the 14 ton bell inside the clock at the Palace of Westminster. However, the clock itself has become known as Big Ben and it strikes every 15 minutes, 24 hours per day. It is well known for its accuracy and its chimes are recognised world wide.

There is 81 ligthouses in Ireland

Tin and copper, plus pieces of the old Big Ben, which was damaged

7 to 10 million people.

I would love to tell you and so would hundreds of historians, but I can't and neither can they.

It was probably a large number because those massive stones were lifted or somehow transported without the use of the wheel!

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It was completed in 1889, so it'll be 124 this year.

Big Ben is, technically, the name of a bell but it is also used for the clock or clocktower.

The clocktower is not occupied and dies not have storeys.

Big Ben is the name of the largest bell in the London Clock Tower. Visitors can see the clock workings, the bells and the clock faces after climbing the 300 odd steps to the platform. It is not open to the public but UK residents can apply to their local MP in advance for an excursion if they are healthy to climb.