Bigbens (angļu: Big Ben, tulkojumā ‘Lielais Bens’) ir iesauka pulksteņa tornim, kas atrodas Vestminsteras pils ziemeļu daļā, Londonā. Tā īstais nosaukums ir Sv. Stefana tornis.[] Tas ir slavens ar savu precizitāti un milzīgo zvanu, kura masa ir vairāk nekā 13 tonnas. Tas ir lielākais pulkst
Izmir Clock Tower (Turkish: İzmir Saat Kulesi) is a historic clock tower located at the Konak Square in Konak district of Izmir, Turkey. The clock tower was designed by the Levantine French architect Raymond Charles Père and built in 1901 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Abdülhamid II's (r
The Chicago Board of Trade Building is a skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It stands at 141 W. Jackson Boulevard at the foot of the LaSalle Street canyon, in the Loop community area in Cook County. Built in 1930 and first designated a Chicago Landmark on May 4, 1977, the
Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of government for the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At 167 m (548 ft), including the statue, it is the world's second-tallest masonry building, only 1.6 feet (0.49 m) shorter than Mole Antonelliana in Turin. The weight of the building is borne by granite an
Prāgas astronomiskais pulkstenis (čehu: Pražský orloj) ir viduslaiku astronomiskais pulkstenis Prāgā, Čehijā. Uzstādīts 1410. gadā, to izveidoja pulksteņmeistari Mikulāšs no Kadaņas un Jans Šindels. Trešais vecākais astronomiskais pulkstenis pasaulē un vecākais, kas darbojas arī mūsdienās.
The Clock Tower is a landmark in Hong Kong. It is located on the southern shore of Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. It is the only remnant of the original site of the former Kowloon Station on the Kowloon-Canton Railway. Officially named Former Kowloon-Canton Railway Clock Tower (traditional Chinese:
Brisbane City Hall, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is the seat of the Brisbane City Council. It is located adjacent to King George Square, where the rectangular City Hall has its main entrance. The City Hall also has frontages and entrances in both Ann Street and Adelaide Street. The building
The Jaffa Clock Tower (עברית. מגדל השעון יפו, Migdal haShaon Yafo, العربية. يافا برج الساعة) is one of seven clock towers built in Israel during the Ottoman period. The others are located in Safed, Acre, Nazareth, Haifa, Nablus (West Bank) and Jerusalem, the last being the only one that has not surv
The Puerta del Sol (Spanish for 'Gate of the Sun') is one of the best known and busiest places in Madrid. This is the centre (Km 0) of the radial network of Spanish roads. The square also contains the famous clock whose bells mark the traditional eating of the Twelve Grapes and the beginning of a
Dolmabahçe Clock Tower (Türkçe. Dolmabahçe Saat Kulesi) is a clock tower situated outside Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. The tower was ordered by Ottoman sultan Abdülhamid II (1842–1918) and designed by the court architect Sarkis Balyan between 1890 and 1895.
The Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower, or One Hanson Place, is the tallest completed building in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City and a familiar Brooklyn landmark: The AIA Guide to New York City says, 'inadvertently, this was New York's most phallic symbol... dominating the landscape of all