houses of parliament statues Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/houses-of-parliament-statues Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:11:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 OUTSIDE THE HOUSES WESTMINSTER http://travelsfinders.com/outside-the-houses-westminster.html http://travelsfinders.com/outside-the-houses-westminster.html#respond Sun, 15 Jan 2017 23:24:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=225608 OUTSIDE THE HOUSES WESTMINSTER A statue of Oliver Cromwell stands in front of the midpoint of the complex, Westminster Hall, the only statue to survive the 1834 fire. During its centuries as a court of law, famous defendants included Saint Thomas More and Charles I. The Clock Tower is universally miscalled Big Ben, which actually refers only to the bell within; it’s named after the robustly proportioned Sir Benjamin Hall, who served as Commissioner of Works when the bell was cast in 1858. Left: Painting of Nidelven Right: Norwegian steamer Nidelven, circa 1912 The Nidelven was a steel-hulled 1,262-ton Norwegian

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