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.

 

On the occasion 95th birthday of sister Maria Pia Giudici and the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the "Casa di preghiera di San Biagio", the film of Michele Capasso "Maria Pia Giudici.Joy in a simple life" was presented.
Many are the praise for the "docufilm" that retraces the life of Sister Maria Pia: among all that of the Secretary General of the General House of the "Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice", Sister Piera Cavaglià.

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As unanimously established by the Italian Steering Committee- held in Naples on July 11, 2017 with the participation of both members of the RIDE and of the Anna Lindh Italia Onlus Federation - a session of the General Assembly of the Italian FAL Network was embedded in the International Conference “Kimiyya”; it was dedicated to the subject “Italy and Women”. This was an opportunity to introduce to leaders of the national networks participating to the event and representatives of 42 countries the role of women in Italy in promoting dialogue and peace.
Several speeches were introduced by the delegate of the Secretariat of Alexandria Mr. Paul Walton, who underlined the role and the importance of Fondazione Mediterraneo for the FAL since its foundation.
Twenty speakers took the floor: the Vice-President of the CONI, Alessandra Sensini, Giohà Giordano, Sister Maria Pia Giudici, the Deputee Anna Maria Carloni, the manager Alessandra Rubino, Paola Parri of CO.PE.A.M. and many other who had the pleasure to join the sessions.
The professors Massimo Pica Cimarra, Carmine Nardone and Don Mario Maritano presented some of the most significant projects of the Italian Network (The Cities of Dialogue, Biodiversity and FALAB, Youth and Peace Education) by gathering the appreciation and collaboration of many of the Leadership present.

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At the International Conference “KIMIYYA THE ACTRESS WOMEN OF THE DIALOGUE”, Fondazione Mediterraneo organized concerts and dinners with the participation of artists from several countries: from France, Christina Rosmini, from Italy Fabio Furìa, Maura Porru, Emilia Zamuner,and Bruno Caviglia.
Great has been the involvement of participants with performances by Tunisian and Moroccan delegations.

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Women from 42 European and Mediterranean countries participating in the international conference "KIMIYYA" celebrated Sister Maria Pia Giudici, one of the speakers at the meeting with a paper on women and society and one of the founders of the United States of the World.
All participating women from 43 countries were awarded the title of "Standard Bearers of the United States of the World".

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At the International Conference “Kīmiyya - Women Actors of the Dialogue”, a seminar on information and training on the ENI CBC Med program was held; the call is due to expire on November 2017.
Among others, the director of the program Ms. Anna Catte expressed great appreciation to the Mediterranean Foundation for its thirty-year role in the service of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership and for the dissemination and promotion of European programs and, in particular, ENI CBC Med.
The leaders of 26 countries and representatives attended the seminar from 42 countries who asked questions and clarifications in view of the call deadline.

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