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.

 

During the Anna Lindh Foundation’s  Board of Governors meeting –held in Fondazione Mediterraneo’s headquarter –at the presence of Ambassadors from 42 euro Mediterranean Countries, president Michele Capasso conferred to president André Azoulay the title of “Peacemaker” for his efforts for the  increase of peace in the region.

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Fondazione Mediterraneo’s President Michele Capasso, artist Pino Daniele and admiral Felice Angrisano – three “Admirals for the Peace! – are working on a project entitled “Concert for the peace in the Mediterranean” in order to  commemorate migrants and which will take place near the sea. Pino Daniele and Michele Capasso will be discussing all the details in the Fondazione Mediterraneo headquarter and will talk about the project which will give back to Naples the role of “City of Peace” and will be a high profile level event which will mark the future’s music history as had said president Capasso.

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