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.

 

As every year met at the “Maison des Alliances” the jury of the “Mare Nostrum Award Grimaldi” chaired by Folco Quilici. Among the winners of this year Raffaele La Capria and Tamagnini Boccolini Hamza.

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In occasion of the 25° anniversary the International Committee of the United States of the World gathered in Rome. In this occasion the main events which characterised twenty-five years have been remembered and big issues of the region as Islamic fundamentalism, the war in Syria, the problem of the migratory flows have been analysed.
For what concerns the last issue, unanimously has been decided to dedicate the “Totem of Peace” to the “Unknown Migrant”. The artwork will host a urn with the remains in order to honour the memory of who lost their lives in the sea, looking for dignity and freedom.
The proposal is to try to realize the artwork for 21 March 2015, day dedicated to the Mediterranean and Migrant, and to collocate it, in agreement with the institutions, in a symbolic city.
The IC charged the Secretary General Capasso for the realization of this last issue, checking the possibility to realize the work on the sea and, especially, in a harbour area.
The president states to have already anticipated such initiative to the President of Senate Grasso and to Cardinal Parolin.

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The awards ceremony of the third edition of the PRAM, the International Award on Mediterranean Restoration and Architectures, was held in Ischia, at the Poseidon’s Garden.

Received by Lucia Beringer, manager of Giardini di Poseidon, joined, among others, Campania Region Turism Assessor Pasquale Sommese, Forio’s Major Francesco Del Deo, Fondazione Mediterraneo president Michele Capasso with Pia Molinari, member of Fondazione, whom were also spoke person at the event.

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The Secretary General of the "United States of the World" Prof. Michele Capasso organised a meeting in the Vatican with Cardinal Pietro Parolin - Secretary of State at the Holy See - and Dr. Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi, Director General of the "Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research".
On this occasion, Prof. Capasso re-proposed the "Greater Mediterranean" programme of the "United States of the World", emphasising the fundamental role of the United Arab Emirates in the peace process and inter-religious dialogue.
He called for a meeting in Abu Dhabi between Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azar to sign a common document on dialogue and fraternity.

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During the 25th anniversary of the birth of “Fondazione Mediterraneo”, President Michele Capasso with Claudio Azzolini, Pia Molinari and Jacopo Molinari met at CASD - Centre for High Defence Studies - Chairman Admiral Rinaldo Veri to retrace the main stages of the Foundation. were received at the Vatican by His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State at the Holy See. The Cardinal Parolin expressed his satisfaction and he called to continue on the path set based on humility, solidarity and the common good.

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