2013-14 4 А Кулинич Маша. Спасская башня в Москве и Big Ben в Лондоне

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BIG BEN Big Ben tower today is a symbol of London and the UK. The tower of Big Ben is a part of the H ouses of Parliament in London, located on the bank of the Thames. The clock Big Ben is also called the «clock tower of the Palace of Westminster», and the official name of the tower with 2012 «Tower of Elizabeth.»

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SPASSKAYA TOWER Spasskaya tower is the most beautiful and slendid tower of the Moscow Kremlin, the main gate. It always was the main entrance to the Kremlin, as appeared on Red Square

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BIG BEN The tower was built in 1858 by English architect Augustus Pugin and was called the tower of St. Stephen. The tower has a height of 96.3 meters, inside a spiral staircase with 334 steps. On the 21st of May in 1859 it was run by the clock. It was designed and developed by Benjamin Ва lymi .

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SPASSKAY TOWER In 1491 Spasskaya tower was built by the architect Peter Antonio Solario and until 1658 was called Frolovskaya Now the height of tower to the star - 67,3 m, with the star - 71 m and has 10 floors.

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BIG BEN Face diameter of the clock is 7 meters; the length of clockwise is 2.7 meter and the minute is 4.2 meters . The tower bell weighs 13,5 tons. It is the name of the bell and was eventually named the entire tower .

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SPASSKAYA TOWER Since ancient times it was a clock on the Spasskaya tower. In the 17th century it was made by a watchmaker Englishman Christopher Gallowey . The clock we see on the Spasskaya tower now was made in 1851-1852's by brothers N. and P. Butenop . Four faces, locate on the sides of the tower, have a diameter of 6,12 m, height of digits - 72 cm, length - clockwise 2,97 m, minute 3.28 m The total weight of the clock is 25 tons .

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BIG BEN The clock Big Ben is the most accurate clock in the world, because they are under the influence of wind, rain, sun, and lacked a maximum of 2 seconds all year round ! Even bomb ranked in the tower in the times of the Second World War could not stop the clock working.

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