Havel’s Place unveiled in Karlovy Vary

An outdoor seating arrangement known as Havel’s Place was unveiled in the west Bohemian spa town of Karlovy Vary on Sunday as a tribute to the late Czech president. The event took place within the framework of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and was attended by Vaclav Havel’s widow Dagmar. The seating arrangement – made up two garden seats with a round table and a linden tree to cast shade -was designed by Bořek Šípek, a celebrated Czech artist and architect who was a close friend of Havel's and has already been set up in memory of the president in nine countries around the world. The very first was unveiled in Washington D.C.