The tower began as part of the Regulierspoort, a medieval city gate built in 1480. A fire in 1618 destroyed much of the gate, and Hendrick de Keyser designed the eight-sided upper half and open spire when it was rebuilt in 1620. The article calls the tower Amsterdam Renaissance and names no builder, materials or dimensions. Willem Springer designed the Neo-Renaissance guard house of 1885 to 1887, which the article calls a 19th-century fantasy rather than the medieval original.
Coins were minted in the guard house during the disaster year of 1672. Pieter Hemony made the carillon in 1668, and it now has 38 bells, of which 13 original Hemony bells remain. The city carillonneur plays on Saturdays from 2 to 3 p.m.
The tower stands on a busy public square, and the article does not describe interior access.
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