THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE CITY OF MARRAKECH AS THE CAPITAL OF AFRICAN CULTURE OF 2020

Marrakech | 15 January 2020
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) - Category: Anno 2020

The Fondazione Mediterraneo - which has had its headquarters in the city of Marrakech since 2002 - supports the ocher city designated African Capital of Culture 2020: a showcase for today's urban Africa, to promote the diversity of African cultural expressions.
In 2020, Marrakech, this millennial city twice listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, first through its medina since 1985, but also Jamaa Lafna Square as an intangible heritage in 2001, will bring the colors of African culture.
World famous tourist destination, Marrakech has an important tourist-cultural value capable of hosting international events of absolute importance.
The human capital of the city and the habit of multiculturalism allow Marrakech to launch a pilot edition of African capitals of culture, through the creation of the organizing committee of Marrakech 2020.
The African capitals of culture, which will be launched for the first time, is considered an important event, anchored and piloted in Africa and spread internationally. It is an initiative that coordinates and enhances the skills, know-how and abilities in the continent and in the diaspora that make up Africa today and shape the world of tomorrow.
The Museum of Peace  - MAMT will host the most significant moments throughout the year 2020.

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VISIT OF THE VITTORIO VENETO SECONDIGLIANO INSTITUTE TO THE MUSEUM OF PEACE - MAMT

Naples | 15 January 2020
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Students and teachers of the Vittorio Veneto Institute in Secondigliano visited the Museum of Peace - MAMT on the eve of their trip to Tunisia for exchange projects with a school in Gabès.
President Capasso illustrated the main routes of the Museum and, in particular, the spaces dedicated to Tunisia (Djerba Island, Sejnane ceramics and others).
Appreciation and emotion were expressed by teachers and students at the end of the visit.

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THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO EXPRESSES ITS CORDOGOLO FOR THE DEATH OF THE SULTAN OF OMAN QABOOS BIN SAID AL SAID

Muscat | 11 January 2020
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) - Category: Anno 2020

President Michele Capasso and the members of the international committee of the Fondazione Mediterraneo express their condolences for the death of the Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said al Said.
After recalling the friendship with the sultanate and the collaboration in numerous peace and cooperation initiatives, President Capasso has traced the profile of Sultan Qaboos who died at 79 years after a long illness and remained in office for half a century.
“The longest-lived Arab leader will be remembered as a skilled mediator in regional conflicts - underlined President Capasso - much loved at home even if he concentrated on himself all the powers of a pivotal country between the Arab world and the Indian subcontinent. We wish his successor, 65-year-old cousin Haytham ben Tareq, good luck. We appreciated - concludes President Capasso - how in his inauguration speech the new Sultan assured that he intends to govern in the sign of continuity, respecting the principle of non-interference in the affairs of neighboring countries".
President Capasso recalled the visit of Sultan Qaboos to Naples and that of various Omani ministers to the headquarters of the Foundation.

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THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO PRESENTS "THE REPUBLIC OF SPACE"

Naples | 09 January 2020
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) - Category: Anno 2020

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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