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The current "old" church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on "Krakówka" is made of brick, built by the efforts of the parish priest of Piotrków, Fr. Spytek, in the years 1372-1373 from the foundation of the starost of Sieradz, then of Piotrków, Jan Kmita of Wiśnicz, in the Gothic style. The founder gave the church the suburban farm of Szczekanica as an endowment, on the condition that one Mass would be celebrated every week for Casimir the Great and his family. He entrusted the care of the new church to the parish priests of Piotrków. This foundation was confirmed in 1392 by Queen Jadwiga. Robbed and burned by the Swedes in 1657. This is mentioned in the Latin inscription on the stone built into the western wall of the porch of the parish church, that in 1657 on April 1, on Easter Day itself, at noon, during lunchtime, the Swedish king with a huge army occupied the suburbs of Piotrków. He burned down the Franciscan and Bernardine churches and the Church of Our Lady on Krakówka, took many residents, both clergy and lay people, into captivity, and brutally murdered some. The church was rebuilt and re-consecrated in 1666 thanks to the charity of the townspeople and the nobility through the efforts of the then parish priest, Father Nowakowicz. In 1848, the church was seriously damaged during a storm. A lightning strike caused the walls to crack. The church was renovated in 1872 through the efforts and funds of Michalecki, a citizen of the city, the president of the church supervision. The church was covered with a new, lower shingle roof. In 1898, when heavy machinery and boilers were being transported along Krakowskie Przedmieście to a factory under construction on Bugaj, the walls of the Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built without foundations, began to crumble again. This threatened the building with total ruin. In 1900, thanks to the efforts of the parish priest, Father Aleksander Sałaciński, the church was thoroughly rebuilt. In 1937, the church required renovation again, as the walls were once again starting to show cracks. The security works have been carried out under the parish priest Józef Goździk since 1933. They were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. In 1940, the Germans fenced off part of the streets in the old town with barbed wire, creating a so-called ghetto for people of Jewish origin. The parish church was on the side of the ghetto and was closed to the faithful.

The foundation of the monastery in Piotrków Trybunalski was primarily contributed to by the Starczewskis, a wealthy noble family from the Sieradz voivodeship. The main founder, Florian Starczewski, initially conceived the idea of founding a monastery for the Bernardines in Drużbice near Bełchatów, on his hereditary estates. However, on the advice of his older brother, Father Leonard Starczewski, then the provincial of the Bernardines (1623–6), he changed the plan and purchased an appropriate plot of land in Piotrków for the foundation. The provincial probably meant that in Piotrków, which was then an important centre of political life, there were broader prospects for pastoral work. The atmosphere in Piotrków, favourable to the Bernardines, created – as mentioned – by the Bernardine collectors and preachers, was probably also significant. In 1624, Florian Starczewski purchased a property on Rokszyckie Przedmieście near the Sieradzka Gate for the Bernardines in Piotrków from the townspeople Augustyn and Małgorzata Łysogórski and Anna Scheterowa and the nobleman Maciej Wężyk. This place was then called Łysa Góra. On May 5, 1625, the Archbishop of Gniezno, Henryk Firlej, allowed the Bernardines to settle in Piotrków. The consolidated property was accepted on behalf of the order by the provincial Leonard Starczewski, who in 1624 had sent two fathers to Piotrków: Paweł from Radomsko and Mateusz from Piotrków. Their task was to build a wooden church and monastery as soon as possible. The founder helped them significantly in this, allocating 7,000 złoty for this purpose in 1625. Florian Starczewski's foundation was supported by his brothers, Stanisław, bishop suffragan of Płock, and Wawrzyniec, canon of Kraków and provost of Radłów, who in 1625 donated 1,000 złoty each. The work related to the construction of the wooden church and monastery progressed quickly, so that the ceremonial introduction of the Bernardines could take place on June 1, 1625. The usual procession in such cases was led from the Dominican church to the Łysogóry hill with the participation of the clergy and citizens of Piotrków. In place of the absent provincial Starczewski, who was at that time in Rome for the general chapter, his delegate Baltazar Witomyślski took over the foundation. The church was consecrated on February 13, 1626, on the authority of the Archbishop of Gniezno, Jan Wężyk, by the founder's brother Wawrzyniec Starczewski, canon of Kraków.

Built in the years 1512–1519 on the low bank of the Strawa by Master Benedict of Sandomierz on the orders of Sigismund I the Old. It is a residential tower in the Gothic-Renaissance style built of brick and sandstone. It has four storeys and is covered with a hipped roof.

The tenement house played the role of Kramer's bank in the film "Vabank" (1981).

A stylized bench referring to the film "Vabank" filmed nearby.

The beginnings of secondary education in Piotrków date back to the second half of the 17th century and are associated with two orders: the Piarists and the Jesuits. The Piarists, after the unsuccessful efforts to open a college in Kraków in 1662, turned their attention to Piotrków, which was then the seat of the Crown Tribunal. They quickly gained the support of both the Piotrków townspeople and the church authorities, obtaining permission to settle in the city in 1674, and established a college in 1675. In 1677, the Sejm accepted their Piotrków foundation under the care of the king and the nation, exempting it from taxes. Initially, the school was located in a tenement house on Dominikańska Street (currently part of Wojska Polskiego Street). At the same time, the Piarists bought adjacent plots, eventually becoming the owners of a large block between Sieradzka, Nowe Miasto (currently Rycerska), Rwańska and Dominikańska Streets, designated for a church and school buildings. Their construction was completed in 1713. After the fire in Piotrków in 1731, a new, two-story, brick school building was built a year later, and in 1738 a boarding school building.

The seat of the Jaxa-Bykowski family of the Gryf coat of arms in Byki, currently located within the city limits of Piotrków Trybunalski. The exact date of construction of the castle is unknown. The first source mention of the castle comes from 1604 and concerns the reconstruction by the Sieradz voivode Jan Stanisław Bykowski[2]. After World War II, the building was transferred to the state treasury. In the years 1959–1964 it was thoroughly renovated and intended for educational purposes. The building is surrounded by the remains of a historic park. Currently, it houses the Agricultural Advisory Centre.

The main market square of the Old Town in Piotrków Trybunalski. The market square was laid out in the 14th century. Originally, eight streets led out from the corners of the Market Square, two of which (ul. Sieradzka and ul. Grodzka) led to the gates in the city walls of Piotrków.