Stock Photo - The bench of dissident turned president Vaclav Havel (1936-2011), designed by architect and his friend Borek Sipek, was unveiled in the Oxford University, United Kingdom, on November 6, 2014. The Vaclav Havel Bench, commemorating the first Czechoslovak post-Communist President Vaclav Havel, was unveiled as a place serving to have a rest and to remember him. 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 a round table with a lime tree, the national tree of the Czech Republic, growing in the middle. On the picture Deputy Prime Minister Pavel Belobradek (left) and Tomas Halik, Czech Roman Catholic priest, philosopher and laureate of Templeton Award 2014, unveil the bench. (CTK Photo/Tereza Supova)