The Elizabeth Tower with its clock Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament |
The name of the tower is Elizabeth Tower.
People also call it the Clock Tower.
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nickname - hüüdnimi
tower - torn
people - inimesed
Elizabeth Tower and the River Thames |
The tower holds the biggest clock in the world.
Elizabeth Tower is the third largest clock tower in the world.
It has four sides.
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hold - hoidma
the third largest - suuruselt kolmas
side - külg
It is 158 years old.
The tower is 96 metres high.
There are 334 stairs from the floor to top.
The clock weighs over 5 tonnes, that is over 5,000 kilograms.
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high - kõrge
stair- trepp
weigh - kaaluma
The London Eye in the background |
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