Maison de la Paix || Casa Universale delle Culture (EN)

 

 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.

 

THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO EXPRESSES ITS DEEP CONDOLENCES FOR THE DEATH OF FOLCO QUILICI, A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION

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Naples | 24 February 2018
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

President Michele Capasso with Pia Molinari, the members of the Board of Directors, the International Scientific Committee, the representatives of the autonomous Sections and the branch offices, expresses deep condolences for the death of Folco Quilici: “Mediterranean award for the environment” and member of the “Fondazione Mediterraneo”.
From the beginning of the Foundation's activities, a deep collaboration was born based on common ideals: from Appeals for the Environment to the Manifesto for Youth for the Defense of the Earth and the Planet.
A unique common heritage made up of of initiatives, publications, events, conferences: the great testimony of the vision of a man, Folco, who brought Italy back to the world and the world to Italy under the sign of environment and dedication to the protection of nature.

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THE FOUNDATION ADHERES TO THE DAY OF FAST AND PRAYER FOR PEACE IN AFRICA

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Naples | 23 February 2018
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

Today, 23 February 2018, the first Friday of Lent, is a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace, in particular for South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The initiative was launched by Pope Francis during the Angelus on Sunday 4 February 2018.
The Fondazione Mediterraneo with its network has joined the day in the wake of the thirty year activity for dialogue and peace.
The Pope's invitation was welcomed by the World Council of Churches which announced that in the Democratic Republic of the Congo alone, over 4 million people have been displaced and more than 13 million Congolese are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. The same tragic situation in South Sudan where 2 million people have fled the country and many are internally displaced. In the battered African country almost two thirds of the population need humanitarian aid. Card. Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, invited the Secretary General of the World Council of Churches, Pastor Olav Fykse Tveit to attend this Day of Prayer which becomes - he wrote in a letter - "a sign of solidarity and closeness to those who suffer in these nations and especially to the many Christians of different Churches who live there and, moreover, a concrete step in the shared witness of the Gospel of peace, which the world so badly needs ". Pastor Tveit has accepted the invitation he has addressed to the Church members of the Council, reiterating that it is precisely children, young people and women who are the people most affected by the crisis.
The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue also supported the Pope's wish to extend prayer and fasting to the faithful of other religions, living it "according to their own tradition and in their places of worship".
In Italy there has been the adhesion of Islamic religious communities.

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12th PLENARY SESSION OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OFMEDITERRANEAN (PAM)

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Bucarest | 15 February 2018
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The XII Plenary Session of the PAM - Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean was held in Bucharest.
From the contrast to the evolution of terrorism to political and security developments in the MENA region, from the facilitation of exchanges and investments to climate change, from human rights and migration to the protection of cultural heritage.
From France, Italy, from Palestine to Israel and then Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, Syria, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Portugal Jordan .... and of San Marino, which from this session has officially entered a part of this great organization.No less important is the contribution made by the Associated States such as the Holy See, the Order of Malta and Russia and the many guests such as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Libya, senior officials of the NU and representatives of other international organizations.
The work of the session was opened by speeches by the Presidents of the Chamber and Senate and by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, as well as by the messages of St. S. Pope Francis and Secretary General of ONU Antonio Guterres.
The Fondazione Mediterraneo, the first observer member of the WMPA - conceived in Naples at the Foundation's headquarters - has made its thirty-year contribution to dialogue and peace.

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THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO EXPRES PROFOUND CONDOLENCES FOR THE DEATH OF GIUSEPPE GALASSO

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Naples | 12 February 2018
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The President Michele Capassothe members of the Board of Directors and of International Scientific Committee, the representatives of the autonomous Sections and the detached offices, express deep condolences for the death of Prof. Giuseppe Galasso: with Gerardo Marotta, Raffaele La Capria, PredragMatvejevic’ and many other prestigious members of the International Scientific Committee of the Fondazione Mediterraneo. Since the beginning of the Foundation's activities, a deep collaboration was born based on ideals and respect for timeless values ​​like those that were at the bases of the glorious Italian Risorgimento. A unique common heritage done of initiatives and conferences: the great testimony of the vision of a man, Giuseppe Galasso, who was able to reinstatethe role toNaples of great capital in History and in Life.

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