Where is havel buried

His urn was reportedly placed to rest alongside his first wife, Olga Havlova, who died in The dissident playwright who led communist Czechoslovakia to democracy leaves behind a widow, Dagmar Havlova, an actress nearly 20 years his junior, whom he married just short of a year after Olga's death.

Havel died on Dec. Olga Havlova, who met Mr. Havel in , was known to have stood by the playwright-turned-president's side through the most difficult times of his life. The two married in At the private burial ceremony, Dagmar Havlova carried her husband's urn, according to reports.

The urn with Havel's ashes will be buried at his family's plot at the city's Vinohrady cemetery alongside his first wife, Olga, who died in Havel, whose final term in office ended in , died on Sunday morning in his sleep at his weekend home in the country's north. The year-old former chain-smoker had a history of chronic respiratory problems dating back to his time in prison.

Since his death, Czechs have gathered spontaneously to lay flowers and light candles at key historic sites such as the monument to the Velvet Revolution in downtown Prague, and at Wenceslas Square, where Havel once spoke before hundreds of thousands of people to express outrage at the repressive communist regime.

Similar scenes of remembrance played out across the country — in a show of emotion not seen since the funeral of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's first president after the nation was founded in Czechs packed a nearby courtyard at Prague Castle and an adjacent square to watch the funeral ceremony on giant screens. He gave us democracy," said Iva Buckova, 51, who had travelled from the western city of Plzen. Outside, after church bells rang out across the capital, thousands thronged to follow the service.

Havel, who helped lead the overthrow of communism, died aged He passed away on Sunday after a long respiratory illness, health issues that dated back to his time in prison. The Archbishop of Prague read out a tribute from Pope Benedict, praising Mr Havel's courageous defence of human rights and his visionary leadership in creating a new democratic system.

I give thanks to God for the freedom that the people of the Czech Republic now enjoy," Pope Benedict said in his statement. She said Vaclav Havel had "brought light to the places of deepest darkness". As Havel's coffin left the gothic cathedral, through its Golden Gate and en route to the city's Strasnice crematorium for a private family funeral, the crowd broke out into a long burst of applause.

The urn with Havel's ashes is to be buried at his family's plot at Prague's Vinohrady cemetery alongside his first wife, Olga, who died in Ahead of the ceremony, thousands of people queued to pay their respects at his coffin as it lay in state at Prague Castle.

Later on Friday, a rock concert and festival of Havel's plays is due to take at the Lucerna Palace that the family built in the early 20th Century. Vaclav Havel first made his name as a playwright in the s.