My wife and I took this shot of London's aerial view while we were riding on the London Eye on the 8th of July 2006.
Can see the Clock Tower (Big Ben) to the right of the picture, towering above the Palace of Westminster.
The tower was raised as a part of design of a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire on the night of October 16, 1834. The tower is designed in the Victorian Gothic style, and is 96.3 metres (316 feet) high.
Big Ben is a focus of New Year celebrations in England, with radio and TV stations tuning to its chimes to welcome the start of the year. Similarly, on Remembrance Day, the chimes of Big Ben are broadcast to mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month and the start of two minutes' silence.
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