On 21 August 2017, Big Ben's chimes were silenced for four years to allow essential restoration work to be carried out on the tower.

The aim of the renovation is to repair and conserve the tower, upgrading facilities as necessary, and ensuring the tower's integrity for future generations. The last significant renovation work to the tower was carried out during 1983–85.

The original cost of the project was estimated to be roughly £29 million, but this was then more than doubled, to reach about £80 million.

In a statement, UK authorities said: “The Elizabeth Tower conservation project is due to complete in the second quarter of 2022.

London 2015

Nice pastel sunset over Westminster and Whitehall as seen from the Embankment

Yup, got another scanned photo from my trip in 2001.

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London,[1] and is usually extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower.[2][3] The tower is officially known as Elizabeth Tower.

大笨鐘（英語：Big Ben，或譯作大本鐘、大鵬鐘）是倫敦西敏宮北端鐘樓的大報時鐘的暱稱，也常代指該鐘所在的鐘樓 。

*Big Ben@night*

Rio Támesis y Big Ben, Londres

وجودك عنديّ بالدنيا يـ الغاليّ .......

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This Replica of Bigben is situated in Kolkata, India

London, United Kingdom

قلّما تأتي تلك الأفراح التي ننتظرها في محطّة ,

و قلما يجيء أولئك الذين يضربون لنا موعداً ،

فيتأخر بنا أو بهم القدر ..

لذا ، أصبحت أعيش دون رزنامة مواعيد ،

كي أوفّر على نفسي كثيراً من الفرح المؤجّل !

Saint Margaret's Church, church in the London borough of Westminster, since 1614 the official church of the House of Commons. Next to Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament.

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12th November: Wow, I come back after a few days away from Flickr to find that this photo has reached no. 9 in Explore, thank you everyone! What a great surprise, particularly as the file has been sat untouched on my hard drive for the best part of a year as I thought it wasn't worthy of showing people.

Confession time: I didn't have a tripod with me when I took this, the railing at the side of the road came in handy!

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