Il campanile di 54 metri di altezza, dai caratteri tipici delle fortificazioni di stile romanico, sarebbe stato costruito già nel XII secolo, sebbene non esistano prove certe dell’esatto periodo della sua costruzione.
Una prima ricostruzione del campanile sarebbe stata effettuata tra il 1418 e il 1480, mentre l’aspetto attuale risale al 1664. Il grande orologio in mezzo al campanile risale all’anno 1463. Dapprima costruzione a sé stante, nel 1488 fu annesso al Duomo dell’Assunta.
The 54 metres high Bell Tower of Koper, also called the City Tower, the architecture of which is based on a traditional Romanesque fortress, was supposedly erected as early as in the 12th century, but this claim is not confirmed by any reliable data.
It was allegedly reconstructed between 1418 and 1480, and received its current appearance in 1664. The large clock in the middle of the tower was supposedly constructed in 1463. The tower was once an independent building, but in 1488, it was joined with the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
It represented a fortified defence point at the time of the Patriarchate of Aquileia and retained this characteristic during the early Venetian period. On the south side it was connected via an arched bridge to the palace of the vidames, which offered a view of the passage between the main square and the Brolo Square.
54 metrov visok koprski Zvonik oziroma mestni stolp, ki ima v osnovi vse značilne poteze romanske utrdbene arhitekture, naj bi zrasel že v 12. stoletju, vendar o tem ni zanesljivih podatkov.
Rekonstruiran naj bi bil med leti 1418 in 1480, današnjo podobo pa je dobil leta 1664. Velika ura sredi stolpa naj bi izhajala iz leta 1463. Stolp je bil včasih samostojna zgradba, leta 1488 pa so ga spojili s cerkvijo Marijinega vnebovzetja.