Flower Garden, Baroque garden in Kroměříž, Czech Republic

Květná zahrada is a rectangular early Baroque garden of 485 by 300 metres, laid out with symmetrical beds and clipped hedges and enclosed by tall hedges planted on a triangular plan. An octagonal rotunda stands at its centre, and a 244-metre colonnade with 44 statues of ancient gods and mythical figures forms one side.

In the 17th century, Bishop Karl II von Liechtenstein-Castelcorno commissioned Italian designers to create this garden. This project marked the shift from Renaissance to Baroque garden design in the region.

The garden was originally called Libosad; the name Květná zahrada came later. Its centrepiece is an octagonal rotunda built in 1674, with stucco by Quirino Castelli and Carlo Borsa and frescoes by Carpoforo Tencalla on mythological and allegorical themes. The colonnade's central bust of Bishop Karl II carries a Latin inscription dated 1675 inviting guests to enjoy the garden's harmless pleasures.

The garden covers 485 by 300 metres, with the entrance building and its two greenhouses forming the Honour Courtyard on one side and the 244-metre colonnade on another. A staircase leads onto the colonnade roof, from where the geometric layout of paths, hedges and the central rotunda can be seen. The rotunda was closed after 1940 and reopened in 1974; the pendulum was stopped again in 2007.

The rotunda was built in 1674, with stucco by Quirino Castelli and Carlo Borsa and frescoes by Carpoforo Tencalla. František Nábělek installed the Foucault pendulum in the late 19th century; it ran until 1940 and was rehung in 1974, but has been still since repairs began in 2007.