stackyFACTSTourists relentlessly point their cameras at the majestic Gothic clock tower towering over the UK Parliament and confidently call it the wrong name.
Tourists relentlessly point their cameras at the majestic Gothic clock tower towering over the UK Parliament and confidently call it the wrong name. Big Ben is strictly the nickname of the massive thirteen-ton bell hidden inside the belfry, not the architecture itself. The actual building was officially renamed the Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to honor the late Queen. So you are basically taking pictures of a housing unit for a really loud instrument.
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