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Officially renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, this 96-metre clock tower at the north end of the Palace of Westminster has anchored the London skyline and served as a global symbol of British parliamentary democracy since its completion in 1859. The name Big Ben strictly refers only to the largest of the five bells inside, though popular usage has long applied it to the entire structure. Architect Augustus Pugin designed the tower's Gothic Revival ...