Big Ben-Yesterday and Now
История Биг Бена, биографии лиц, занимающих важное место в истории часовой башни, интересные факты, мнения людей.
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What associations do you have when you hear about England or London?
The history of Big Ben began in September, 18 43 , when the foundation stone for the tower was laid.
Charles Barry – an English architect of the Victorian period.
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin – an English architect and theorist of architecture, the founder of Big Ben.
Why Big Ben? Sir Benjamin Hall Benjamin Caunt
How does Big Ben look like ?
Big Ben is 96,3 meters high. Inside the tower there is a bell, which weighs about 14 tons, and has the height of 3 meters.
There are 334 stone steps leading to the top of Big Ben.
Big Ben has the biggest watch in the world. There are 4 dials.
Тhere is аn inscription on all 4 dials: “Domine Salvam Fac Reginam Nostrum Victorian Primam" “God, save our Queen Victoria I”
The clock mechanism of Big Ben is very reliable and weighs 5 tons .
Big Ben - is the center of Christmas celebrations in the United Kingdom.
A replica of Big Ben was built in Surgut.
During the Second World War, two of the dials were damaged, but even then the clock did not stop and continued to go.
Big Ben became a symbol of the Olympic Games in 1948.
On the 27 th of July in 2012 Big Ben announced the first day of the XXX Summer Olympic Games in the UK.
The clock rate can be changed if a person puts a coin onto it.
Big Ben is an integral part of many films.
Peter P an , W alt D isney , 1953
Mary P oppins , W alt D isney , 1964
Doctor Who, 2005
28 D ays L ater , 2002
The pictire of Big Ben is used on the label of HP B rown S auce O riginal .
But the most important fact is that Big Ben was renamed into the Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Queen’s 60th year on the British throne.
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Tobias Ellwood, a parliamentary private secretary at the Foreign Office,proposed the idea.
David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband are among senior figures from all three major parties who backed the proposal for Parliament to bestow the tribute to the Monarch. David Cameron Nick Clegg Ed Miliband
The speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow presented the Sign with the new name of the tower.
The official ceremony of renaming the tower took place on Wednesday, the 12 th of September, 2012.
The fact of renaming the towers has already taken place in the English history . The tower at the other end of the Palace of Westminster, originally known as the King’s T ower, was renamed the Victoria T ower in her honour in 1960.
Queen Elizabeth II has already been reining for 6 4 years and 10 months. Now she is the most long reining monarch in the British history.
But notwithstanding all opinions,disputes and arguments,after all, the name of the tower hasn't been changed from “Big B en” to “ E lizabeth Tower” but rather from “The C lock T ower” to “Elizabeth T ower" because it was really the official name. And for millions of people all over the world it will still remain more popularly known as “Big B en". The Clock Tower Big Ben = = The Elizabeth Tower
Список использованных источников: 1. Bulmistre, Yana. Major cities of the United Kingdom.- Спб : ООО «ЦПО», 2015 2. Anne Hill. London,-Thomas Benaccli LTD London, 2010 Список использованных источников: 1. http://engschool.ru/about 2. https://ru.wikipedia.org/ 3. https://yandex.ru/images 4. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/the_queens_diamond_jubilee/9307060/the-queens-diamond-jubilee-big-ben-to-be-renamed-elizabeth-tower.html 5. http://storyof.ru/arxitektura/big-ben/ 6. http://www.votpusk.ru/country/dostoprim_info.asp?id=2474 7. http://englishdream.ru/kultura-anglii/istoriya-sozdaniya-big-bena/ 8. http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/big-ben-renamed-elizabeth-tower/ 9. http://vk.com/im?peers=161059872&sel=9654488&w=wall-60933910_298924
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