On 23 October 1702 French troops assaulted the side of the castle facing Guastalla, damaging part of the Rocca and its imposing Tower.

From that time on, the community of Luzzara wished to erect an exceptionally tall tower using the material recovered from the ruins of the fortress’ Tower and its fortifications. Construction began in 1724, with scaffolding built from timber supplied by the Duke of Guastalla. However, the works were soon halted due to lack of funds, leaving the tower with a flat, square top. In 1780, the community’s determination finally led to its completion, when a zinc-covered dome was added. On 15 September of that year, the Tower was crowned with a cross bearing a small statuette of a pike (luccio) - the symbolic fish of Luzzara -, and at 55 metres in height, became the tallest tower in the entire province. 

Originally, the Tower featured only two clock dials: one to the north and one to the south, aligned with Via Avanzi, Luzzara’s main street. Following the opening of Viale della Stazione in 1911, a third dial was added in the 1920s, facing east - and on that occasion, the two existing dials were slightly raised above the new one.