Big ben is one of london's best-known landmarks, and looks most spectacular at night when the clock faces are illuminated. you even know when parliament is in session, because a light shines above the clock face. the four dials of the clock are 23 feet square, the minute hand is 14 feet long and the figures are 2 feet high. minutely regulated with a stack of coins placed on the huge pendulum, big ben is an excellent timekeeper, which has rarely stopped как читается