Big Ben it is the name of the bell that weights 14 tones and is located on the top of 106 meter tower.It is considered as a symbol of Great Britain.The bell hungs on one of the two towers of London Parliament.It''s construction was started right after the part of The Houses of Parliament was burned.It was designed by two architects .The first was Charles Barry,and the second was Augustin Pugin. It is made of cut stone in neo- gothic style.At present a lot of people claim that Big Ban is the name of the worldwide famous London clock.The name comes from the name of sir Benjamin Hall, the main building commissioner in 1858 when the bell was hunged.The bell ,cast in Whitechapel was the second gigant bell, because on the first appeared a scratch during the test of activation( the present one also has a small scratch) This clock is the biggeest one in Great Britain. It is equipped in four faces 7,5 m in diateter each and in hands of length 4,2m. Aren''t these impressive sizes for the year 1858?