The Totem for Peace by Molinari was inaugurated in San Sebastiano al Vesuvio

San Sebastiano al Vesuvio | 18 September 2010
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The Fondazione Mediterraneo, in cooperation with the United Nations, the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, the European Union, the “Anna Lindh” Foundation, the World Organization for Migrations and more international bodies is building in 200 towns of 165 countries of the World the “Totem for Peace” by the sculptor Mario Molinari. The cities implementing this initiative are part of the network “CITIES FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD”.

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Mediterranean Award "Raffaele Capasso" for Legality 2010 to the memory of Angelo Vassallo

San Sebastiano al Vesuvio | 18 September 2010
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On the 18th of September 2010, at the Council Room of the Municipality Hall of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, the awarding ceremony for the Mediterranean Award "Raffaele Capasso" for Legality to the memory of the mayor of Pollica Angelo Vassallo, brutally murdered on the 5th of September 2010 took place.

Doing that, they wanted to recall the committment of Angelo Vassallo who was able to show the power of understanding, bringing a message of nobility and heart to difficult areas.

The deputy-mayor of Pollica Stefano Pisani received the award and acknowledged publicly the Fondazione Mediterraneo, the first institution that honoured Angelo Vassallo, with practical actions, for example:
1) The awarding of the 1st Mediterranean Award "Raffaele Capasso" for Legality to the memory of Angelo Vassallo.
2) The creation of the Mediterranean Award for Environment and Co-development to Angelo Vassallo and its ceremony to be held each year in Acciaroli.
3) The establishment in Pollica and Acciaroli of a Bureau for the Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture dedicated to Angelo Vassallo in which they can carry on actions about environment, legality and young people.
4) The unveiling of the only Totem of Peace dedicated to Angelo Vassallo to be placed in the Harbour of Acciaroli as a symbol for legality, environmental and peace protection, on the occasion of the 1st month anniversary of death of the mayor of Pollica.

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Three Parks of Peace with the Red Sail by Molinari

San Sebastiano al Vesuvio | 18 September 2010
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The Totem of Peace by Mario Molinari symbol for the Cilento and Vallo di Diano, Vesuvio and Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Parks.

On the 18th of September the Totem of Peace by the Turin sculptor Mario Molinari was handed “symbolically" from the President of the Cilento Park Amilcare Troiano and the mayor of Rutino Michele Voria to the President of the Vesuvio Park Ugo Leone and the mayor of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio Giuseppe Capasso during a solemn ceremony in the Council Room of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio

On this occasion, the unveiling of the monumental work Totem of Peace took place in San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, placed on a 40 ton molten rock in front of the Municipality Hall.

Symbolically, the Totem of Peace was given to the mayor of Pescasseroli Nunzio Finamore, where the work will be unveiled on the 29th of September in the presence of delegates from many countries participating in Europarc 2010.

On this occasion the ceremony for the Mediterranean Award "Raffaele Capasso" for Legality to the memory of Angelo Vassallo, mayor of Pollica brutally murdered on the 5th of September, took place and the award was given to the deputy-mayor Stefano Pisani.

Supporters of the Totem for Peace in Cilento

San Sebastiano al Vesuvio | 18 September 2010
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) - Category: Anno 2010

A citizen delegation from the Cilento area and S. Maria di Castellabate partecipated in the unveiling of the Totem for Peace in San Sebastiano al Vesuvio.

The group, led by the President of the Leucosia Association, Giovanni Farace, attended the "symbolic handover” of the Totem for Peace from the President of the Cilento Park Amilcare Troiano and the mayor of Rutino Michele Voria to the President of the Vesuvio Park Ugo Leone and the mayor of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio Giuseppe Capasso, and, by then, to the mayor of Pescasseroli Nunzio Finamore, where the work will be unveiled on the 29th of September 2010.

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