Ananova:

A 35ft high Big Ben clock tower made entirely of chocolate has been crafted by Italian sweet-makers.

The scale model of St Stephen's Tower was sculpted from 17,600lbs of chocolate by artist Angelo Feduzzi for a Christmas food festival in Macerata Feltria, central Italy.

The chocolate tower took two weeks to put together and artist Feduzzi said: "It has turned out to be the highlight of the festival.

"People have come for miles just to see my Big Ben. I am very happy and proud to have created something so successful."

Festival organisers say that, with daytime temperatures at no more than 3C, the tower is in no danger of melting and they will leave it standing for the rest of this week before slicing it up and handing it out to the public.