Holešov Castle, Baroque château in Holešov, Czech Republic

Holešov Castle is an early baroque four-winged, two-storey building with regular hexagonal corner towers, built from 1651 for Count Jan of Rottal to plans by Filiberto Lucchese and completed by Giovanni Pietro Tencalla. Its west wing holds a three-aisled passage with a portico, balustrade balcony and the Rottal coat of arms. Behind it lies a French garden with three water canals in a trident shape.

The castle began as a defensive fortress and later transformed into an aristocratic residence to meet the evolving needs of wealthy families. Over the centuries, it acquired its baroque appearance and eventually became recognized as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.

The furnished rooms display how Moravian nobility lived during the baroque era, with period decorations that remain visible throughout the interior. These spaces show the lifestyle and tastes of wealthy families from that time.

The castle stands at the western edge of Holešov's square, with the garden and its three trident-shaped water canals behind it. The garden was rebuilt after 1717 in the French style, and its flower parterre was designed to be viewed from the upper floors. Restoration of the baroque layout has been under way since 1956.

The castle's layout follows the Palazzo in fortezza type, combining Renaissance, Mannerist and early Baroque elements. Its three water canals in a trident shape, probably older than the 1717 garden redesign, framed a flower parterre viewed from the upper floors.