Is Big Ben the name of the clock tower in London?
Big Ben is actually the nickname of the giant bell inside London's famous clock tower. The tower itself was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.
Reference: Rijksmuseum
Big Ben is actually the nickname of the giant bell inside London's famous clock tower. The tower itself was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.
Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands, but the government sits in The Hague.
Pablo Picasso lived with a Dachshund named Lump, who originally belonged to photographer David Douglas Duncan. Lump even appeared in some of Picasso's artwork.