Stock Photo - Czech President Petr Pavel, left, and Dagmar Havlova, the second wife of former Czech president Vaclav Havel, unveiled the Vaclav Havel Bench in front of the Czech Embassy in Paris, France, on December 20, 2023. The Vaclav Havel Bench, commemorating the first Czechoslovak post-Communist President Vaclav Havel, was firstly unveiled as a place serving to have a rest and to remember him in the Prague centre. Architect, designer and Havel's friend Borek Sipek created a public artefact inspired by Havel's personality and democratic ideals. He designed two garden armchairs and a a round table with a lime tree, the national tree of the Czech Republic, growing in the middle. (CTK Photo/Novakova Tereza)