 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Big Ben Aden" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(November 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Big Ben Aden (Arabic:بيغ بن عدن[1]) is a clock tower built by British engineers, along with locals, besideAden Harbour inYemen during the period thatAden Province (later calledAden Colony) was a territory within theBritish Empire. It is superficially similar to theElizabeth Tower (popularly known asBig Ben), the famous clock tower attached to thePalace of Westminster inLondon.[2] The clock was shut down for renovation about a quarter of a century ago,[when?] and returned to service in February 2012. The tower was built during the 19th century as part of the British colonisation of Aden Province, which began in 1839 and came to an end in 1967.
The clock tower was built more than 130 years ago[citation needed] and was designed in accordance to Big Ben in London, being known as "Big Ben of the Arabs",[citation needed] or "Big Ben of the East"[citation needed]. The project was completed in 1890 by British architects[who?] involved in the design and construction, with the assistance of local workers, made from a black stones and cement mix. The shape is rectangular and the roof is like an equilateral triangle covered with coated red brick. The diameter is about one meter from four directions and the width is 1.5 m (5 ft) and a height is 22 m (72 ft). From inside it has an iron staircase with the tower directly looking towards the sea with a view of the Tawahi area.
There is a replica of the Big Ben tower, but on a smaller scale, located in Crater at Arwa Street behind the National Bank of Yemen (infamously known in the mid-1960s as the Headquartered Fortress of Intelligence for the British Army during the Aden Emergency)[citation needed] and which is overlooked from the hill by the Aden Parliament Assembly building (a former Methodist Chapel converted to its current status in 1962).[citation needed]
Media related toBig-Ben Aden at Wikimedia Commons
12°47′24″N44°58′53″E / 12.789904°N 44.98151°E /12.789904; 44.98151
| World Heritage Sites |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | This article about a location in Yemen is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
