Great Bell

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bell hour bell

The Great Bell, better known as Big Ben, is the iconic large hour bell housed in the Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster in London.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Big Ben	25
Great Bell canonical	4
Great Bell of Westminster	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bell ⓘ hour bell ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Great Bell ⓘ surface form: Big Ben
architecturalStyleContext	Gothic Revival (Elizabeth Tower) ⓘ
associatedWith	British Parliament ⓘ UK government ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom government
category	individual bells ⓘ tower bells ⓘ
chimesBroadcastBy	BBC ⓘ
city	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
commissionedBy	British Parliament ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalSignificance	iconic landmark of London ⓘ widely used in media to represent the UK ⓘ
currentBellCast	1858 ⓘ
dateOfFirstChime	1859 ⓘ
diameter	about 2.7 metres ⓘ
firstBellCast	1856 ⓘ
function	strikes the hours ⓘ
governingBody	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: UK Parliament
height	about 2.2 metres ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of a Grade I listed building ⓘ part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church) ⓘ
locatedAt	Palace of Westminster ⓘ
locatedIn	Elizabeth Tower ⓘ
locatedInBorough	City of Westminster ⓘ
locatedInCity	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
locatedInCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear	Thames ⓘ surface form: River Thames Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster Abbey Westminster Bridge ⓘ
maintenanceBy	UK Parliament clockmakers ⓘ
material	bell metal ⓘ
namedAfter	Benjamin Caunt (alternative attribution) ⓘ Sir Benjamin Hall (popular attribution) ⓘ
owner	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: UK Parliament
partOf	Great Clock of Westminster ⓘ Great Clock of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Palace of Westminster clock mechanism Elizabeth Tower ⓘ surface form: clock tower of the Palace of Westminster
symbolOf	British democracy ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
towerHeightContext	Elizabeth Tower ⓘ surface form: Elizabeth Tower is about 96 metres tall
tunedNote	E ⓘ
use	public clock chimes ⓘ timekeeping ⓘ
weight	approximately 13,760 kilograms ⓘ approximately 13.5 tonnes ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Clock of Westminster → strikes → Great Bell ⓘ

Elizabeth Tower → hasPart → Great Bell ⓘ

Elizabeth Tower → commonlyMisnamedAs → Great Bell ⓘ