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Added on the 27/04/2016 16:18:57 - Copyright : France 24 EN
After five years of silence, the ‘sound of London’ is back - Big Ben is chiming once again.
London's iconic Beg Ben giant watchtower clock chimed once again at 9:00 AM GMT on Thursday morning, after over two months of silence. The famous chime was temporarily suspended on August 21 due to repairs underway on Elizabeth Tower, which houses the beloved clock. Westminister clockmakers are testing the bell throughout the day in order to make sure it strikes at exactly 11.00 GMT for Armistice Day commemorations on November 11. However, it will then go silent again for over a month, only being called into action once more to chime for the Christmas period, ringing from December 23rd until January 1st at 1 PM, after which it is expected to fall silent until repairs are completed.
The streets are silent and cats hunt in abandoned houses, but the view from the battlements of Calascio's castle is spectacular -- good enough perhaps to save this dying Italian hamlet. Local officials have put restoring the ruins and attracting tourists at the heart of their bid to revive the village, which has won 20 million euros ($22 million) in EU post-pandemic funds. Surrounded by Abruzzo's snowcapped peaks, Calascio is one of 21 dying or deserted villages awarded an equal share of a 420-million-euro pot by the Italian government.
The 'world's most iconic timepiece' should chime to mark the UK's exit from the EU on January 31, one MP has said.
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