Stock Photo - The bench of dissident turned president Vaclav Havel (1936-2011) in the Czech Republic, designed by architect and his friend Borek Sipek, was unveiled in Celadna, Moravian-Salesian Region, Czech Republic, on November 17, 2017, on the photo of November 16. The Vaclav Havel Bench, commemorating the first Czechoslovak post-Communist President Vaclav Havel, was unveiled as a place serving to have a rest. Similar ""Havel's Places"" exist in Washington, Dublin and Barcelona. Architect, designer and Havel's friend Borek Sipek created a public artifact inspired by Havel's personality and democratic ideals. He designed two garden armchairs and a round table by a lime tree, the national tree of the Czech Republic, growing in the middle. (CTK Photo/Petr Sznapka)