Maison de la Paix || Casa Universale delle Culture (EN)

 

CASA UNIVERSALE DELLE CULTURE

The Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture is a place strongly representative, in which will convey the knowledge of the different identities and cultures, structuring permanently initiatives aimed at the spreading of peace, necessary for the shared development.

The Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture (MdP) is a project conceived by Michele Capasso, approved by many Countries and international organizations. It is an architecture that keeps the memory of many Peace activities which created history, often more than the wars, but it is – above all – a space "to build” Peace.

The architectonical complex has an important symbolic worth: it represents the Countries of the World engaged in the Peace process and the Countries victim of the conflicts.

Proposed by the Fondazione Mediterraneo with the Maison des Alliances – together with the main adherent organizations, such as the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, the League of Arab States, the "Anna Lindh" Euro-Mediterranean Foundation and others, the MdP represents a referent point for all the ones who dedicate their lives to peace.

The symbol of the MdP is the "Totem for Peace", an artwork by the Italian sculptor Mario Molinari which the Fondazione Mediterraneo is promoting all around the world, creating the network of the "Cities for Peace".

The first seat of the MdP was inaugurated on the 14th of June 2010 (Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture) in the historical building of the Grand Hotel de Londres in Naples.

The action of the Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture aims at improving the main activities of the "Universal Forum of Cultures" in: Barcelona (2004), Monterrey (2007), Valparaiso (2010) and Naples (2013).

The Maison de la Paix performs most of the initiatives jointly with the Maison de la Méditerranée.

 

President Michele Capasso with Pia Molinari spoke at the presentation of the thirtieth anniversary video of the Fondazione Mediterraneo.
On this occasion, the numerous events held in Amman and Jordan were remembered: from the inauguration of the Foundation's headquarters to the International Conference for Dialogue dedicated to King Hussein, from the Cinemamed program to the Euro-Mediterranean Concert. "I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi and the royals of Jordan - said President Capasso - for their consideration and sharing in supporting the Foundation in a difficult commitment to dialogue and peace".

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President Michele Capasso with Pia Molinari spoke at the commemoration of the recently deceased fraternal friend Said Margoul and to whom the video of the "Thirty Years" entitled "Together for Peace" was dedicated.
"A due tribute - said President Capasso - for a fraternal friend who honored the Foundation and the headquarters in Marrakech".

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The president Michele Capasso with Pia Molinari intervened in Rome at the preview presentation of the video of the Thirtieth anniversary of the Fondazione Mediterraneo titled "TOGETHER FOR PEACE".
Many attendees and unanimous recognition for thirty years of action based on concreteness and results. "In two hours - said the president Capasso - the synthesis of 30 years of activity often marked by the IMPOSSIBLE become POSSIBLE.
This testimony takes on greater significance and value today in the difficult moment that envelops the whole of humanity ".
The video was dedicated to Said Margoul, a member of the Foundation and promoter of the Marrakech office since 1997.
On this occasion, the over 2,000 events held in Rome and Lazio and personalities such as Vittorio Nisticò, Paolo Bufalini, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassmann, Federico Fellini, Igor Man and many others who have collaborated with the Foundation were remembered. Among the events were the Appeals, presentations to the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate, Palazzo Chigi, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as concerts for dialogue between cultures held at the "Parco della Musica" Auditorium.

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On the occasion of the presentation in Turin of the video on the thirtieth anniversary of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, the president Michele Capasso with other members of the association paid tribute to Gustavo Rol - inspirer of the UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD that the Foundation convincingly supports and promotes - by visiting the house in Via Silvio Pellico where Rol lived from 1930 until his death in 1994.

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