Big Ben clock tower will stop for 4 years

The British House of Representatives recently announced that Big Ben will be silent for the next 4 years to be preserved.

According to CNN, the Big Ben clock tower - the noble symbol of England - has been consistently ringing since 1859. However, within the next 4 years the clock tower will be temporarily suspended for maintenance after nearly 160 years. work.

Big Ben will ring for the last time at 24h (local time) on August 21.

After that, the repair will take place, the clock will be silent until 2021. Only on the most special occasions of the UK such as New Year's Eve, the bell will be vibrated.

Steve Jaggs, a guard at the tower, said: "Big Ben silence is an important milestone in the conservation project. This important program will help the watch to last long."

The estimated cost for this project is about £ 29 million.

The world famous watch once had a period of shutdown for repair in 2007. But this time it was the longest time Big Ben was silent throughout its history.

Big Ben is the name of the heaviest bell of the five bells located inside the Clock Tower of Westminster Palace, not the tower itself or the watch as many people think.

The full name of the tower since its construction in the 19th century is the Clock Tower of Westminster Palace, and was renamed to Elizabeth Tower in 2012, it is still known as Big Ben Clock Tower .