THE MAMT PEACE MUSEUM IS EQUIPPED WITH TACTILE REPRODUCTIONS FOR THE BLIND

Naples | 21 February 2022
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: MAMT – Mediterranean Museum of Art, Music and Traditions

Thanks to ten thousand euro made available by supporters, the Fondazione Mediterraneo, with the free contribution of volunteers and collaborators, has produced the first 10 plaques of tactile reproductions of works of art with Braille transcoding, enabling the most significant works to be enjoyed by blind and disabled people.
The Foundation's hope is that more substantial resources can be found to continue the elimination of sensory and cognitive barriers and to continue this action with the more than 2000 works of art in the museum.

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ANNIVERSARIES AT THE MUSEUM: IN MEMORY OF SISTER MARIA PIA GIUDICI ON THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF HER DEATH

Naples | 20 February 2022
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: MAMT – Mediterranean Museum of Art, Music and Traditions

At the Museum of Peace - MAMT we remembered Sister Maria Pia Giudici on the second anniversary of her death. Pictures, poems, paintings, books, interviews and much more on the large video walls of the Museum recounted the long life of a religious who made the Gospel and love for Jesus the foundation of her existence.
President Michele Capasso was moved to tears as he recalled his long friendship with Sister Maria Pia and the example of a simple life in joy, well summed up in the film "MARIA PIA GIUDICI: THE JOY IN A SIMPLE LIFE".
In connection with the San Biagio House of Prayer (Subiaco) there was a touching moment of collective remembrance that ended with the intervention of Bishop Giovanni Giudici, Sister Maria Pia's nephew.
On this occasion the visits of Sister Maria Pia to the Don Bosco Museum and Chapel were recalled.

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ANNIVERSARIES AT THE MUSEUM: 124 YEARS SINCE THE BIRTH OF ANTONIO DE CURTIS (alias Totò)

Naples | 15 February 2022
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: MAMT – Mediterranean Museum of Art, Music and Traditions

Special visits today to the Museum of Peace - MAMT dedicated to the emotional journey "Antonio De Curtis prince poet". The occasion is the 124th anniversary of the birth of the great artist who left his mark on history. His granddaughter Elena remembers him thus:
"Today my grandfather would have been 124 years old and a question comes to mind: An adjective to describe your grandfather?
Answer: I would say that one adjective would not be enough to describe a basically complex and contradictory man. A lover of life, but a hypochondriac. Sensitive, empathetic, sincere, introverted, womanizer, romantic, misanthrope, thinker, curious, affectionate father, humble, shy, elegant, reserved, generous. In short, I would define him as a democratic prince (I borrow the definition given by Prof. Luigi Caramiello, which I would say fits him perfectly).
Totò aroused the "smile" as well as laughter. The smile is deeper and makes us reflect. He represents the oxymoron par excellence. His biography is a piece of sublime humour, completely voluntary, conscious, deliberate.
A beggar who was also a gentleman, a lazar who was also an aristocrat. He was everything and the opposite of everything. He represented the most authentic and profound character of his city. All the people loved him and continue to love him. Everyone recognises him as a brother, because he showed the nobles how much better the poor people could be, and he showed the "lazzari" how one can be noble in spirit and have the art of living like a true gentleman. Grandfather lived an authentic life and left traces that will remain impressed in our memory.
This reflection is the result of notes collected over time from newspapers and books, so I would like to thank all the Totoisti and give my grandfather a caress saying: I love you very much.

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AT THE PEACE MUSEUM THE CELEBRATIONS FOR THE MADONNA OF LOURDES

Naples - Lourdes | 11 February 2022
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: MAMT – Mediterranean Museum of Art, Music and Traditions

In the Don Bosco Chapel and in the other sacred places of the Museum celebrations of Our Lady of Lourdes on the anniversary of the apparition of 11 February 1858.
On the large video walls of the Museum there will be live connections with the Sanctuary for the recitation of the Holy Rosary and the Holy Mass.

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