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The official name for the Big Ben clock tower is actually 'the Elizabeth Tower'. The tower has four clock faces. The name "Big Ben" actually refers to the largest of the bells in the tower. It is this that is heard striking the hour
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The Westminster Clock Tower, traditionally known as Big Ben.
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Big Ben is in fact an unofficial name for the Great Bell (the one which strikes the hour) inside the tower itself, so it is a nickname. The real name for Big Ben is Elizabeth Tower. It was officially named in 2012 after Her majesty the Queen Elizabeth. Since it was built in the nineteenth century (1858 to be exact) it had no official name until 2012. It was just the tower in the Palace of Westminster.
it really doesn't have a name like Big Ben but people call it, "The famous clock tower of Zytglogge"
The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster is the official name for what people often call 'Big Ben'.
There are 334 steps in the Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower). Technically there are no steps in Big Ben - as this is the name of the largest bell in the tower.
Big Ben is the nickname for the Clock Tower at the Houses of Parliament. Big Ben is actually the large bell that chimes at the top of the tower. The complex is called The Palace of Westminster.
No. Big Ben is actually the name of the 14 ton bell in the Clock Tower at the Palace of Westminster in London. It was installed in 1859.