Big Ben is the name that is known to the great bell of the clock at the north side of the Palace of Westminster, the seat of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London, 1 and popularly by extension is also used to name the clock tower. Its official name was Tower2 Clock until June 26, 2012, in honor of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, it was decided that the tower would be called Elizabeth Tower (tower Isabel) .3
The clock tower houses the world's four largest faces, and is the third highest clock tower in the world.4 He celebrated its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009.5 and performed various acts of conmemoración.6 The tower was completed in 1858 and the clock became operational on September 7, 1859.
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