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.

 

The traditional meeting with the various Consular Corps of Naples took place at the Naples Chamber of Commerce for the New Year’s exchange of greetings.
The event was attended by 68 Consuls of Naples. Michele Capasso and Caterina Arcidacono represented  the Fondazione Mediterraneo.

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A “Mediterranean observatory on Mafias and Organized Crime” will be set up as a result of the initiative taken by the Fondazione Mediterraneo and the Fondazione Caponnetto. This project was proposed by the respective Presidents of the two organizations Michele Capasso and Salvatore Càlleri, which will come into being in the next few months.

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On 4 January 2013, the XVIIIth Edition of the Epiphany Concert was held in Naples bringing the Christmas festivities to a close with the traditional message of peace and goodwill once again delivered and celebrated using music as an instrument for overcoming any barriers between race, culture and religion in the name of universal fraternity. The concert took place at the Teatro Mediterraneo in Naples and included a star-studded cast of international artists advocating the ideals of fraternity,.
On that occasion, nominations for the 2013 Mediterranean Awards were announced and some awards were conferred upon the winners.

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Rosaria Rizzo’s book “Anima in Parole” was presented at the Town Hall Meeting Room in Buccino
After an introduction by the Mayor Nicola Parisi, President  Michele Capasso explained the activities carried out by the Fondazione over the past twenty years on the question of violence against women. He also laid down the guidelines for the future of gender equality in the Mediterranean.
Pia Molinari, a member of the Steering Committee of the Fondazione, was also present.

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