[4] Some of his achievements included the restoration of Sukiennice, the creation of a "national Panthéon" at Skałka, and his campaign towards the renovation of Wawel Castle.

He relocated to Krakow soon after to continue his studies at the Faculty of Law in the Jagiellonian University with the aim of attaining a doctorate, and eventually securing a career as a politician.

He took part in parallel academic action as well (organized by local students), demanding the restoration of the Polish language at the Jagiellonian University.

He established favorable conditions for the building of a new Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków at Kleparz, across the street from Barbakan.

[5] Zyblikiewicz was re-elected president of the city in 1880, and met with Franz Joseph I[A] when he arrived with a visit to Kraków in September.

[10] Zyblikiewicz temporarily moved to Lviv and introduced a broad plan for the economic revival of the Galician province largely abandoned by Imperial Vienna.

[11][12] He helped finish the Pieniny Road across the Tatra mountains from Szczawnica to Červený Kláštor in Slovakia,[13] built for a decade with private funds.