Is Big Ben the name of the clock tower in London?
Big Ben is actually the nickname of the giant bell inside London's famous clock tower. The tower itself was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Big Ben is actually the nickname of the giant bell inside London's famous clock tower. The tower itself was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.
Cairo's Arabic name, "Al-Qahira," means "the Victorious."
Construction of Germany's Cologne Cathedral started in 1248 and was not finished until 1880, more than 600 years later.