Thousands pay respect to Vaclav Havel
2011-12-22 10:35:12 GMT2011-12-22 18:35:12(Beijing Time)
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Soldiers carry the coffin of former President Vaclav Havel as they reach Vladislav Hall at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia and become a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011 in Prague. He was 75. (AP Photo,/CTK, Vit Simanek)
A gun carriage transporting the late former Czech President Vaclav Havel's body arrives at the Prague Castle December 21, 2011. Thousands of Czechs line the streets of Prague to pay their last respects to Havel as his remains are brought from St. Anna church across Charles Bridge to Prague Castle where the playwright-turned-president will lie in state during three days of national mourning. REUTERS/Petr Josek
A military honor guard marches in front of a gun carriage transporting the late former Czech President Vaclav Havel's body to the Prague Castle December 21, 2011. Havel, the playwright-turned-president whose "Velvet Revolution" toppled Communist rule, died on Sunday at his country home in Hradecek, northeast of Prague, after a long respiratory illness. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Flowers are seen on the roof of a limousine transporting the remains of late former Czech President Vaclav Havel to Prague Castle for the funeral ceremony in Prague December 21, 2011. Havel, the playwright-turned-president whose "Velvet Revolution" toppled Communist rule, died on Sunday at his country home in Hradecek, northeast of Prague, after a long respiratory illness. REUTERS/Petr Josek
A hearse with remains of Vaclav Havel, the first president of Czech Republic and the last president of Czechoslovakia, followed by procession of mourners crosses the Charles Bridge in Prague on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Havel's coffin will be displayed at Prague Castle until funeral ceremony on Friday. (AP Photo, CTK/Martin Sterba)
Thousands of Czechs joined Vaclav Havel's widow, relatives and friends in a somber procession through the capital Dec. 21, paying their respects to the late Czech president.
