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CASA UNIVERSALE DELLE CULTURE

The Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture is a place strongly representative, in which will convey the knowledge of the different identities and cultures, structuring permanently initiatives aimed at the spreading of peace, necessary for the shared development.

The Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture (MdP) is a project conceived by Michele Capasso, approved by many Countries and international organizations. It is an architecture that keeps the memory of many Peace activities which created history, often more than the wars, but it is – above all – a space "to build” Peace.

The architectonical complex has an important symbolic worth: it represents the Countries of the World engaged in the Peace process and the Countries victim of the conflicts.

Proposed by the Fondazione Mediterraneo with the “Maison des Alliances” – together with the main adherent organizations, such as the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, the League of Arab States, the "Anna Lindh" Euro-Mediterranean Foundation and others, the MdP represents a referent point for all the ones who dedicate their lives to peace.

The symbol of the MdP is the "Totem for Peace", an artwork by the Italian sculptor Mario Molinari which the Fondazione Mediterraneo is promoting all around the world, creating the network of the "Cities for Peace".

The first seat of the MdP was inaugurated on the 14th of June 2010 (Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture) in the historical building of the Grand Hotel de Londres in Naples.

The action of the Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture aims at improving the main activities of the "Universal Forum of Cultures" in: Barcelona (2004), Monterrey (2007), Valparaiso (2010) and Naples (2013).

The Maison de la Paix performs most of the initiatives jointly with the Maison de la Méditerranée.

GRIMALDI AWARD JURY MEETING

Naples | 29 May 2024
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The international jury of the "Mare Nostrum Award", the prize established years ago by the Grimaldi Group, met in Naples.
On this occasion, President Michele Capasso - a member of the jury chaired by Bruno Vespa, who was present at the proceedings - emphasised the importance of the Award in restoring confidence at a difficult time for humanity, and proposed to promote the award-winners on a large scale by publishing an extract of their articles.

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CARLO ACUTIS WILL BE A SAINT: A GREAT JOY!

Vatican City | 23 May 2024
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

Emotion and great joy at Pope Francis' announcement: CARLO WILL BE A SAINT!!!
Less than a year ago, on 30 June 2023, the naming ceremony of "Ambassador of the United States of the World for the Earth and for Peace" to the memory of CARLO ACUTIS took place in Scampia, for his being an exemplary model of values for the new generations and for those to come; present at the ceremony was Carlo's mother Mrs. Antonia Salzano Acutis who thanked him "for the high honour" and for the "good that the United States of the World does for humanity".
Mrs. Antonia Salzano Acutis recalled on that occasion the importance of the "United States of the World", which brings together 181 countries and more than 16,000 civil society organisations united to save the Earth and ensure Peace.
"The nomination to the memory of Carlo Acutis," we said on that occasion, "constitutes an important step in the path of Love and Peace undertaken for 35 years.
Mother Antonia on that occasion, donated a relic of her son to the Peace Museum, which is even more precious to us all today.
The Museum will host a room dedicated to Carlo with exhibits, videos and testimonies of the young man who dedicated his short life to Jesus with the motto "God not me".

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THE NEW MARRAKECH HEADQUARTERS TURNS ONE YEAR OLD

Marrakech - Napoli | 17 May 2024
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

A series of initiatives in Naples and Marrakech accompanied the celebrations of the first anniversary of the inauguration of the United States of the World Headquarters in Marrakech, which opened on 17 May 2023.
Secretary-General Michele Capasso expressed his thanks to the Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech and the entire Moroccan people who were among the first to support the United States of the World project.

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CONDOLENCES FOR THE DEATH OF FRANCO DI MARE

Naples | 17 May 2024
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The Secretary-General, Prof. Michele Capasso, the Council of Ambassadors and the members of the "United States of the World" and the "Fondazione Mediterraneo" express their deep condolences for the premature death of Dr. Franco Di Mare, a journalist who shared the Foundation's commitment to aiding the peoples of the former Yugoslavia and who dedicated his life to dialogue and peace.