Upon receiving a copy of the book “Molinari – the Sculptor”, the Honorary President of the Fondazione Caponnetto, Elisabetta Caponnetto – widow of the Judge who founded the “pool” – recognized the values of legality and sobriety her husband shared with the sculptor Mario Molinari as expressed in his works of art.
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26 January 2013
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The Honorary President of the Fondazione Caponnetto,Elisabetta Caponnetto – the widow of the Judge and founder of the “pool” – received the “2013 Raffaele Capasso Mediterranean Award for Legality, which consists in a replica of the “Totem for Peace” by Mario Molinari.
Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari were attending on behalf of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, while Salvatore Càlleri and other members of the Fondazione Caponnetto attended on behalf of their organization. Elisabetta expressed her joy for this prestigious acknowledgment stating that “the work of her husband had not been in vain, because of people like President Capasso, who continue to dedicate their lives to legality and the Common Good”.
On that occasion, Pia Molinari gave Mrs Caponnetto the “Totem for Peace” by Mario Molinari, which she place among her most treasured mementos of her husband.
The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, Michele Capasso, architect, reminisced about his research in 1979, when as a young architect, he demonstrated the model used by Brunelleschi for the construction of the Dome. He was attending an event to celebrate the discovery of a model of the Dome which makes clear reference to the “fishbone system” used to raise the dome with stone blocks reaffirms Brunelleschi’s technique thanks to excavations carried our by the Cathedral Works.
At the Trieste Film Festival, with whom the Fondazione Mediterraneo has been collaborating since1995, the 2013 Mediterranean Cinema Award for the best short film was awarded to “Deda” (Waiting for Mum) by Nana Ekvtimishvili. The film focuses on a man’s voice calling his mother and was awarded by a jury of young people.