Totem for Peace

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The Fondazione Mediterraneo – an international non-profit Organisation of Social Utility (Onlus) created in 1994 by Michele Capasso with specialists and internationally recognised scholars on the Euro-Mediterranean area, politicians of international organisations and diplomats involved in peace-building – realised important initiatives in favour of peace and shared development: among these, the creation in Naples of the “Maison de la Paix – Casa Universale delle Culture”. Many Countries and international organisations such as the United Nations, the Parliamentary Assembly of the  Mediterranean, the League of Arab States, the International Organisation for Migrations, the “Anna Lindh” Euro-Mediterranean Foundation joined this project.

The “Totem for Peace”, artwork by the Italian sculptor Mario Molinari, is the symbol of the “Maison de la Paix – Casa Universale delle Culture” and it represents Peace in the World and, especially, in the Greater Mediterranean: the aim of the Fondazione Mediterraneo is to spread this universal symbol to constitute the network of the “Cities for Peace in the World”.

The sculptor Mario Molinari was a famous artist, sensitive to peace and dialogue among cultures, as it is witnessed in his works and life.

The cultural project "Totem for Peace" is carried out around the world by Michele Capasso: since 1990 he voted his life to the creation of a dialogue as an instrument for the resolution of conflicts, combining his internationally experience in social and intercultural fields with his professional carreer as architect and engineer.


The sail represents the travel, the sea. Our Sea which has been the cradle of civilisation, not only theatre of clashes and battles among peoples but also theatre of exchanges of goods and knowledge. A sea, celebrated in the myth, where Ulysses got lost, wandering in his desperate research of a way back. The sail tainted in red, at dawn and sunset, at leaving and return, following the constant rhythm of the Universe.

(M. MOLINARI)

 

SISTER MARIA PIA GIUDICI IS RISEN TO THE SKY. HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE PEACE TOTEM.

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San Biagio | 21 February 2020
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Totem for Peace

Sister Maria Pia Giudici ascended to heaven tonight. She has always been an ardent supporter of Mario Molinari's "Totem for Peace", defining it as "the Red Sail that represents the blood of life and hope".

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THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO, THE FEDERAZIONE ANNA LINDH ITALY AND THE MUSEUM OF PEACE - MAMT REMEMBER SISTER MARIA PIA GIUDICI

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San Biagio (Subiaco) | 20 February 2020
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Totem for Peace

The president Michele Capasso, the director Pia Molinari - together with all the members of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, of the Federazione Anna Lindh Italy and of the Museum of Peace - MAMT - remember with love Sister Maria Pia Giudici stressing her support for the Totem for Peace and for the activities associations, visits to the Museum, meetings with young people and the poor from various countries, participation in the "Kimiyya" meeting for women's rights and many other moments that have characterized the last decade, leaving an indelible mark of a great friend.
President Capasso mourns the Mother, the Sister and the Friend keeping in his heart his definition of "Hunter of the positive and all that is True, Beautiful, Good".

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THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO PRESENTS "THE REPUBLIC OF SPACE"

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Naples | 09 January 2020
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Totem for Peace

The Fondazione Mediterraneo, in partnership with academies, universities and various countries around the world, presented at the Museum of Peace – MAMT, "THE REPUBLIC OF SPACE": a long-term project aimed at protecting, preserving, enhancing and promoting the heritage of humanity in the main categories.

“We live in a difficult moment in our history - said the president Michele Capasso - in which the fluid dimension seems to be predominant: values, climate change, art, creativity, crafts, collective memories and much more seem to have no more meaning and everything appears at the mercy of an "anomalous" wave capable of upsetting the world by taking everything away.

To save the immense material and immaterial world heritage it is necessary to act "Beyond" and "Other": creating a real dimension outside our planet, precisely in Space, where to protect, safeguard, enhance and promote the most significant part of the assets world heritage. From artistic heritage - at risk of earthquakes, floods and climatic events - to collective immaterial memories, from the most significant documents of history to poems, from ancient knowledge to new technologies: a list nourished of things to be preserved and protected, both at an intangible and material".

On the occasion of the celebrations of the thirtieth anniversary of the birth of the Fondazione Mediterraneo  - scheduled for 2020 - the executive project and the general criteria of "The Republic of Space" will be presented in various countries.

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THE GENERAL CERRINA RECEIVES THE TOTEM OF PEACE TRICOLOR

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Chieti | 21 November 2019
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Totem for Peace

During a ceremony held in the Prefecture of Chieti, the prefect of Chieti Giacomo Barbato and the president Michele Capasso handed over to the General of B. dott. Carlo Cerrina - Commander Legion Carabinieri Abruzzo and Molise - a copy of the "Totem of Peace tricolor" by the sculptor Mario Molinari realized during the celebrations of the Unity of Italy.

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