Manor house in Byki - late Renaissance building around 1604. Currently, it is a place of lodzki agricultural consulting center. The castle is also known as the Palace and the territory is Piotrkow Trybunalski, just 4 km from the city center and 0.5 km from the Lodz street, which is the part of the road Piotrkow-Lodz. The first mention of the object was in 1416. The village then belonged to Jaxa-Bykowski family, coat of arms Griffin.
In 1454 Ian from Byki received German law for the village. In the XV or XVI century defensive castle with four towers late Gothic style was built by family Jaxa-Bykowski. Around 1604 the castle was rebuilt into a palace in the style of the late Renaissance.
When Byki village was owned by the family Wezyk buildings began to destroy. The collapse continued until the mid of XIХ century, when the new owner of the facility were Jezioranski who began to rebuild the castle. However, during the First and Second World War the castle turned into ruins again. After the World War II the reconstruction of the castle began. The new owner - Mr. Maximilian Charnetsky changed the purpose of the building to providing agricultural education. Thanks to the efforts of restorers former palace architecture was renewed, despite the many changes made during this period.
The Palace is a one-storey brick building. It is placed on the plan of a long rectangle. The central part of the palace has two floors. It contains the gate and was named a tower. Towers are adjacent the building of the castle on both sides. Left square tower, probably served as a chapel. The tower on the right side is a remnant of the late Gothic castle. At the core it has a rectangular shape and above - six sides. The tower is supported by the pillars. Architectural design elements are at the late Renaissance window frames, mainly in the central part. Two windows of a rectangular shape are located on the first floor of the facade to the east and the west frieze and cornice topped with fragments of inscriptions in Latin.

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The Piotrków Trybunalski Royal Castle is a Gothic-Renaissance structure in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. It was built in the form of a residential tower in the 16th century and was transformed into a museum open to the public in 1919.

The stronghold on the left bank of the Strawa River existed in the 13th century. The conventions, which were held here in the 14th century gave the city greater importance in the Kingdom of Poland and according to contemporary chronicler Jan of Czarnków, Casimir III the Great ordered a residence to be built here, which was accomplished in 1347. The 1493 Sejm held at the Piotrków Castle was the first bicameral parliament in Poland. It consist of the royal council, called the senate, and the chamber of deputies.

In the following years the building become inadequate for the purposes of the royal court. Therefore, the court architect of king Sigismund I the Old, Benedykt Sandomierski erected a new residence, which was completed in 1519. The new residence was built in the Renaissance style in the shape of a residential tower on a square measuring 18 × 20 m (19.68 × 21.87 yd). The structure was crowned with a profusly decorated attic. In the 16th century, the castle was the site of frequent regional councils and synods. During the Deluge the it was burned by Swedish-Brandenburgian troops. The reconstruction took place between 1668–1671 supervised by Michał Warszycki, sword-bearer of the Crown. The fortifications were not restored as well as the demolished attic, and the whole structure was crowned with a pavilion roof.

With the Second Partition of Poland the castle again fell into disrepair. in 1869 the Russian Governor of Piotrków undertook a restoration to convert the former royal residence into a garrison Orthodox church. The building suffered again during World War II. After the war the Regional Conservator recommended to rebuild the castle by the state before Warszycki's reconstruction, restoring its Renaissance features. Eventually the structure was rebuilt between 1963–1969, without restoring the Renaissance attic.