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.

 

Pope Francesco, in a historic trip to the Holy Land, has given impetus to interreligious dialogue and the peace process.
Of particular importance is the meeting with Patriarch Bartolomeo, the Mass in Bethlehem and milestones in Israel.
The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso pointed out during a press conference twenty-five years the commitment to peace between Israel and Palestine and milestones.
"The recent meetings with President Peres and President Abu Mazen - said Capasso - have strengthened the hope that Pope Francesco could provide a new impetus to the peace process by hosting, at the Vatican on June 8, 2014, a meeting of the prayer and dialogue.

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The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso spoke at commemorative ceremonies on the occasion of the 22th anniversary of the massacre of Capaci and Via D'Amelio that killed the judges Falcone and Borsellino.
"It 's important to remember and keep alive the memory of these two key figures of servants of the state - said Capasso - and we take pride in our small, with the OMCOM Caponnetto founded together with the Foundation, we can continue the mission of legality that Falcone and Borsellino had in two fundamental pillars. "

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It took place in the ruins of Pompeii on 20 and 21 May, the international conference the "Memory of the Future. The value of communication in the cultural dialogue of the cities of the Mediterranean."
Two days of discussion on the promotion of cultural heritage in the Mediterranean, the role of institutions in the world of communication.
In the auditorium of the excavations, the protagonists of national and supranational policy choices, you are confronted with prominent members of the media in the Mediterranean on three themes: the dialogue and the culture in the Mediterranean; culture as an economic value and identity of the city; the role of communication in the information culture in the Mediterranean.
Many prominent guests: Khalid Chaouki, president of the Culture Committee of the Parliamentary Union for the Mediterranean, Francesca Barracciu, Undersecretary for Tourism and Culture of the Government Renzi. Also present Riccardo Monti, President of ICE, Nicolais, president of the CNR, Paul Walton, communications manager of the Anna Lindh Foundation, Michele Capasso, president of the Fondazione Mediterraneo greeted by Stefano Caldoro, President of the Campania Region.

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It took place at the headquarters of the Fondazione Mediterraneo a workshop between the University of Meknes and the University Federico II of Naples on the topic "Family, Sexuality and Women's Empowerment in Morocco today."
The speakers were Professors Paolo Valerio and Caterina Arcidiacono.
In his address, the President Capasso pointed out the ancient ties of friendship entered into with Morocco since the inception of the Foundation (1989).

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A million people attended the event in which the historical presence of two Popes - Pope Benedetto XVI and Francesco - were sanctified two great Popes Giovanni XXIII and Giovanni Paolo II.
From Abu Dhabi President Michele Capasso pointed out the historical significance of the day and the essential role assumed by Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II in intercultural and interreligious dialogue.

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