150° of the Italian Unity
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Fondazione Mediterraneo actively participated in many initiatives for the 150° Anniversary of the Italian Unity. It also carried out the project of the Tricolored Totem for Peace by Italian sculptor Mario Molinari which will be inaugurated in Turin on May the 4th 2011, between Corso Regina Margherita and Corso Lecce, as symbol of Peace and Unity. |
The “Tricolour Totem Of Peace” to President Napolitano
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23 September 2011
| The president of Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso handed over to the mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris the “ Tricolour Totem of Peace” by the sculptor Mario Molinari, expressly made for the president of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy. The “Totem of Peace” was symbolically handed over by the President of the Province of Turin Antonio Saitta, by the ambassador of Palestine to the European Union Leila Shahid and by the Councillor of Moroccan Prime Minister Driss Guerraoui. President Saitta sent a letter for the occasion. The Totem will be given to the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano. |
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The President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano participated in Turin to the party for the 150 years of the Italian Army. The Minister for Defence La Russa and the most important military, civil and religious representatives also attended the ceremony.
The iron structure, processed with a special zinc, for the Tricolored Totem for Peace has been completed. Also the construction of the letters "in negative" for the title of the monumental work has been completed in very short time. The Totem will be inaugurated in Turin on May the 4th.
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