Monday, January 27, 2014

Similarities and Differences: Big Ben (in the United Kingdom) and Tower of the Peace of the Parliament (in Otawa, Canadá)


Similarities: both monuments present a tower with a clock and a belfry. Both are of architectural Neogothic style and the color of the front is similar.

Differences: in the image of the left side appears the Tower of the Big Ben, in the United Kingdom. In the image of the right appears the Tower of the Peace of the Parliament of Canada, in Otawa. The first one measures 96,3 meters of height, the interior of the tower is not opened foreign visitors, The body of the tower, consists of brick with coating limestone. The tower shelters the biggest clock of four faces of the world. The second one measures 95 meters of height, the highest of the tower is allowed to raise, where it is possible to obtain a spectacular sight of Ottawa

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