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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Except that before 2012 it was St. Stephen's Tower. Big Ben was the largest bell in the tower.

If there's some point that the tower was officially named Big Ben I haven't found it. Granted that was the popular nickname of it during the 20th century.