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.

 

PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE YACHT MED FESTIVAL 2014

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Roma | 15 April 2014
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

It was held in Rome at the "Hall Tiber" Palace of the Lazio Region, the press conference of presentation of the Yacht Med Festival.
Six and a half billion Euros products, 112,000 employees, more than 34,000 companies, two and half million passengers a year in the cruise market. E 'is the important contribution that the region of Lazio is bringing the Economy of the Sea, and it has been pointed out by the President of the Lazio Region Nicola Zingaretti during the press conference of presentation of the seventh edition of the Yacht Med Festival, the International Fair of 'Economics of the Sea, held in Gaeta from 24 April to 1 May 2014.
"With 39% of the goods that are imported through our logistics and transportation, and the important tourist flows, the economy of the sea is of extraordinary importance for the region, in Italy and throughout the Mediterranean," he the president of Unioncamere Lazio, the Chamber of Commerce in Latin America and organizer of the Yacht Med Festival, Vincenzo Zottola.
The President Michele Capasso, in the course of his speech, said the partnership with the Fondazione Mediterraneo since the first edition and illustrated edition of "Concert for Euro-Mediterranean dialogue between cultures: rumors of peace" that the Foundation proposed for the evening April 30. On this occasion Capasso explained the "RIDE - Italian Network for Euro-Mediterranean dialogue" getting the membership of the Lazio Region and the Chamber of Commerce in Latin America.

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THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE PIETRO GRASSO SUPPORTS THE OBSERVATORY ON THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ORGANIZED CRIME MAFIA

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Roma | 14 April 2014
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

"The weakness of the borders, the failure of the Arab Spring and the new emerging crime OMCOM make an indispensable tool for the region's future." This was said by Senate President Pietro Grasso at the conclusion of the presentation ceremony Mediterranean Observatory on Organized Crime and the Mafia (OMCOM) shown in the Sala Zuccari of the Senate by the President of the Fondazione Caponnetto Salvatore Calleri and the President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso. Joined to the meeting members by two institutions, experts and representatives from Mediterranean countries.
On this occasion the Min.Pl. Enrico Granara - coordinator of the Euro-Mediterranean policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - presented to the President of the Senate RIDE - Italian Network for Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue, recently founded and of which the OMCOM part.
At the conclusion of the ceremony Elizabeth Caponnetto and Pia Molinari handed to the President Grasso a copy of the "Totem of Peace" by Mario Molinari.

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THE PRESIDENT GRASSO WELCOMES JOINT ACTION CAPONNETTO'S FOUNDATION AND THE MEDITERRANEAN FOUNDATION

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Roma | 14 April 2014
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

Senate President Pietror Grasso has reiterated, in a long and detailed speech on organized crime and the future of the Euro-Mediterranean, the role played by the Caponnetto Foundation and by the Mediterranean Foundation driving dell'OMCOM.
The President Grasso recalled his participation in the initiatives of the previous two foundations and the joint commitment to the rule of law as the basis of dialogue and peace.

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THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE PIETRO GRASSO SUPPORTS THE TOTEM OF PEACE

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Roma | 14 April 2014
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The President of the Senate Pietro Grasso accompanied by his wife Maria Fedele Grasso has received in the Senate by Pia Molinari and Elizabeth Caponnetto a copy of the "Totem of Peace" by Mario Molinari.
"This is a symbol that the Fondazione Mediterraneo is spreading around the world - has established itself - is a hope and an encouragement to all those who occupy institutional responsibilities."

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