Vaclav Havel Place in Ljubljana

On March 16, 2018, the Havel’s Place was dedicated in Ljubljana Northern City Park, being the first one in a former communist country apart from the Czech Republic.

Seated from left to right: Mateja Demsic, Head of the Department of Culture, City of Ljubljana, and Vera Zemanova, Czech Ambassador to Slovenia. Barbara Dreossi, Ula Furman, Natasa Posel and Bill Shipsey
Seated from left to right: Mateja Demsic, Head of the Department of Culture, City of Ljubljana, and Vera Zemanova, Czech Ambassador to Slovenia. Back row left to right: Barbara Dreossi, Ula Furman, Natasa Posel and Bill Shipsey

The project was initiated by Bill Shipsey, VHLF Board member, and arranged by Ljubljana city and Amnesty International Slovenia. It is already the 25th Havel’s Place since the launch of the initiative in Washington, D.C., in 2013.

The Vaclav Havel Center