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BAKU 2015 – FIRST EDITION OF EUROPEAN GAMES
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25 May 2015
The first edition of the European Games will take place in Baku from 12 to 18 June 2015, with the presence of athletes from various European countries.
The United States of the World supports this event, aware that sport is an essential pillar in intercultural and interreligious dialogue and contributes to supporting and strengthening peace among peoples.
Secretary General Michele Capasso, who was present in Baku with other members of the international institution, presented the title of "Standard Bearers of the United States of the World" to all the young people from Azerbaijan who are involved in organising the event and promoting the values of sport and human brotherhood.
MUNICIPIO SQUARE: TWO ARCHITECTS, TWO STORIES
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23 May 2015
In the occasion of the opening ceremony of Metropolitan Station of Municipio Square, after 15 years of works, two architects and friends met up: Alvaro Siza e Michele Capasso. The first has the occasion to see finished (almost) his artwork: a complex and interesting challenge between past and future. The second, after 25 years of struggle for peace and dialogue, can attend to the work for multimedia reallocation of MAMT, which has its entrance in Municipio Square and which from this square will tell and moved the audience in a travel to the Mediterranean. Two stories, two friends linked by mutual respect and the belief that only a serious engagement and real knowledge could be the antidote for lack of morals and the banality of our days.
OPENING CEREMONY OF MUNICIPIO SQUARE METRO STATION
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23 May 2015
The Line 1 of Municipio Square Metro Station – projected by the Portoguese architects Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura - was inaugurated by the ministry for transportation Graziano Delrio and by the mayor Luigi De Magistris. This is the 17˚metro station of linea 1, the project of which started in December 1976. «We are supporters of railway transportation» said Delrio to the mayor announcing a meeting in order to «make the agenda about works».
«We need to improve public transportation in order to decrease the urban mobility» added.
«The metro of Naples is an important national artwork – said De Magistris – and is the result of an important cooperation with the Government. The municipality really supported this project and helped in order to obtain the grants for the completion of the line and the completion of line 6, which has a strategic relevance. When a journalist questioned about the works which started 40 years ago, De Magistris replied saying “ We gave an acceleration and catched up the inactivity».
«Since September – as was stated by the regional assessor of Transportation Sergio Vetrella – the regularity of the trains, for which the Region allocate 78 millions, will be around 8 minutes, and since 2016, with the arrival of new trains, every 4-5 minutes». The expenses for the construction of Station Municipio – according to what was stated by the President of «Società Metropolitana di Napoli», Gian Egidio Silva, which is the director since 1995 – stands at 1 million and 700 million of Euro.
«We will reach the sum of 3 million», added Silva. When questions were asked about the total costs of work and the cost for km, Silva said wasn’t able at the moment to give some data. The line 1 covers little more than 20 km. In order to realise the first 13, 5 km 34 years passed for a cost of 1 miliard and 400 milion of Italian liras for km.
The metro will run since the 2th of June.
In the occasion, as stated by De Magistris will be showed a commemorative stone for Salvatore Renna, a workmen of 41 years old who lost his life after a fall in the construction site of Metro on date 20 September 2014.
The president Michele Capasso remembered the friendship with Alvaro Siza and 15 years–and also the works of reallocation of Fondazione and MAMT museum which start today in order to render Municipio Square, Metro and MAMT something unique in its genre and an heritage of humanity.
OMCOM REMEMBERS GIOVANNI FALCONE AND PROPOSES TO DEDICATE THE HALL OF MAMT MUSEUM TO ALL VICTIMS OF MAFIA
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23 May 2015
The OMCOM –Mediterranean Observatory about Mafia and other Criminal Groups – composed by Fondazione Caponnetto and Fondazione Mediterraneo celebrated in Florence and Naples the day of legality. Elisabetta Caponnetto, widow of Nino, remembered that the struggle of mafia is possible trough the culture of legality and courage. The presidents Michele and Salvatore Calleri proposed to MAMT museum to dedicated the main halls to the victims of all mafia. In occasion of the XXIII anniversary of Capaci and via D’Amelio tragedies 40 thousands students coming from Italy and one hundred coming from Europe and Usa gathered together and remembered Giovanni Falcone, Paolo Borsellino, Francesca Morvillo, wife of Falcone, and his body guards Rocco Dicillo, Vito Schifani, Antonio Montinaro, Walter Eddie Cosina, Claudio Traina, Emanuela Loi, Vincenzo Li Muli, Agostino Catalano.
Thanks to the collaboration with Rai, Palermo was linked to 6 Italian squares (Milano, Gattalico, Firenze, Napoli, Rosario e Corleone).
In this way Palermo became centre of legality and the celebration of the anniversary become occasion of formation for the students. "The immages of Capaci attack will be always before our eyes, as well as those of via D’Amelio” as was stated by the president of the Republic Sergio Mattarella in Palermo, in occasion of the XXIII anniversary of Capaci and via d’Amelio tragedies. "Mafia can be defeated and we will get rid of it "
"We are here to say that mafia can be defeated. We are here to renew a promise: we will defeat the mafia, get rid of it because it is conflicting with human cohabitation and freedom.” These were the conclusive words of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella,when he leaved the Bunker hall of Ucciardone in Palermo, for the ceremony of Capaci’s slaughter. Some students stopped him screaming "President... President" and some children took a picture with him and gifted him with illustrations.
MUNICIPIO METRO STATION: A PROJECT WHICH FOLLOWS THE HISTORY
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23 May 2015
The day of the opening of Municipio Metro Station the President of Fondazione Mediterraneo prof. arch. Michele Capasso showed the most important steps of the project “Follow the History” in a big city able to think in an European and in particularly Mediterranean way. Capasso also remembered Alvaro Siza and the workshops held in the headquarter of Fondazione which is in the surroundings of the square.
THE PRESIDENT CAPASSO PAYS HOMAGE TO THE MARTYRS OF AZERBAIJAN
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21 May 2015
The President of Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso paid homage to the martyrs of Azerbaijan putting wreaths of flowers. From the diary “Nostro Mare Nostro”, written by president Capasso:
“Baku, 21 May 2015. 10.00. I drop in the Funicular and reached the hill.
The whole area is dedicated to the sad memories of a century of wars and tragedies. The first thing I saw was a recently built mosque in Turkish style: in the background the profiles of the three
“Flame Towers”, flame shaped crystal skyscrapers which in the night are illuminated by lights which reproduce the colours of Azeri flag. There is also a mausoleum in memorial of Ottoman soldiers who lost their lives in the route to Baku during the first world war; their names take place in brass plates under a little half-moon. The arrival of Turks was warmly welcomed by “Azeri” brothers and this is the reason why the gravestone dedicated to English fallens, who came back in the aftermath of Russian advance in order to stop Ottomans, raised not a few polemics. The recent history is not less tragic. In 1990 the red army massacred the protesters in the streets of Baku; their graves can be found in the Martyrs path which goes until the mausoleum in the square which looks to the sea.
Only two years later, in 1992 there was another war towards Armenia in order to take possession of the area of Nagorno Karabakh: the graves of fallens in this conflict can be found in a path surrounded by roses in bloom. In the black marble are printed the pictures of young deads: some of them now would have been younger than me but they are dead since 23 years! Even though for 25 years I spent my life for dialogue and peace, even though I’m aware of the slaughters of Srebrenica, Gaza and other cities, still now, in front of this monuments I don’t think that every nation needs his martyrs, but I reflect about the need of peace and the uselessness of war. Only a warm sunny day can be a consolation for the sorrowing soul. From this hill there is a wonderful view of the city; not taking in account the Vesuvius this city could look alike my Naples, which with Baku is twin city for 43 years. I laugh: now the “Vesuvius” is here, I laugh, while I take a selfie with the panorama thinking about the nickname that some friends of mine gave me some years ago: “VESUVIO”!.
Before the graves there is a group of kids who, silent and with the lowered head, pay homage to the fathers or parents dead in war. The teacher starts a prayer in Azeri language saying that their goal is the peace. Giving a last hug to the kids, keeping in the heart their hopefully eyes I took my way: Baku – Naples”.
FLAME TOWERS: NAPLES – BAKU AND RETURN
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20 May 2015
During his visit in Baku and other cities of Azerbaijian the president Michele Capasso met exponents of cultural, politic, scientific and social world. There is still contrast between the modernity of buildings and the splendour of the shops in the city center and the extreme poverty which still affects part of the population. “The big challenge for this country – as has been stated by the president Capasso – is to transform the richness coming from oil sources and gas in more specific policies addressed to needy classes.
THE PRESIDENT CAPASSO TOOK THE FLOOR IN BAKU ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
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20 May 2015
The President Capasso joined a meeting at the Baku Academy of Sciences, where he highlighted the importance of the Caucasian country in the international context of awareness and knowledge.
Capasso wished for the possibility of hosting a collection of artworks able to carry memory traces of the art, music and traditions of Azerbaijan at MAMT, Naples. “The acronym – he stated – fits your country perfectly as well as our: MAMT = Museum of Azerbaijan – Memory, Art, Music, Tradition”.
Among the Azeri personalities who were mentioned during the meeting: the writer Zecharia Sitchin, the pianist and composer Frangis Ali-Sade, the President Ilham Aliyev along with his father Heydar, the mathematician Hamlet Isakhanli, the cellist and orchestra leader Mstislav Rostropovič.
PRESIDENT CAPASSO MET GENERAL DIRECTOR OF UNESCO IRINA BOKOVA
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19 May 2015
The President Michele Capasso met the General Director of UNESCO Irina Bokova and showed her the multimedia reallocation works which sooner will start at MAMT museum making it unique in its kind. The General Director Bokova expressed her approval for the passion which the president Capasso puts in dialogue and defined the MAMT – in which will be hosted the most important UNESCO sites of the world – “Museum of Feelings”.
THE PRESIDENT CAPASSO MET UP WITH AMBASSADOR CUTILLO AND SHOWED THE PROJECT FOR AZERBAIJAN
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19 May 2015
During a meeting in Italian Embassy in Baku, the president Michele Capasso showed to Giampaolo Cutillo the project of Fondazione and RIDE for Azerbaigian.
Among the various initiatives there was the proposal to dedicated the “Totem for Peace” to Azeri martyrs and the idea to dedicated an area of MAMT museum which could host Azeri heritage with specific sections dedicated to “Memory”, “Art”, “Music”, Traditions” of Caucasian country which is a proof of pacific cohabitation between cultures and religions.
“It is a concrete way – Ambassador Cutillo declared – to strenghten the twinning between Baku and Naples which this year celebrates his 43º anniversary”.
The president Capasso gifted Ambassador Cutillo with the book of the 25 º FM anniversary.