he Białystok castle was erected as a Gothic structure in the late 16th century for the Great Crown Marshall, Piotr Wesołowski. Its first foundation was set on a rectangle plan. It had no courtyard, but two round towers. In the hands of the Branicki family, the castle acquired a renaissance character within the extension works carried out in the years 1602-1621. Rebuilt again at the end of the 17th century (1691-1697) it acquired a palace structure and what is more the entrance to the builing was, after the architectural changes, through the former back elevation.
In the mid-18th century, Jan Klemens Branicki rebuilt the baroque palace in order to make it the "Versailles of Podlasie". Having been burned down during the second world war, the palace was reconstructed according to the 18th-century
Aerial photo, photo by ZeroJeden, VI 2019
plans. The only remainder of the former castle is a top part of a framework of holes in the walls of the central part of the building.
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e Białystok castle was erected as a Gothic structure in the late 16th century for the Great Crown Marshall, Piotr Wesołowski. Its first foundation was set on a rectangle plan. It had no courtyard, but two round towers. In the hands of the Branicki family, the castle acquired a renaissance character within the extension works carried out in the years 1602-1621. Rebuilt again at the end of the 17th century (1691-1697) it acquired a palace structure and what is more the entrance to the builing was, after the architectural changes, through the former back elevation.
