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 Min. Pl. Enrico Granara - coordinator of the euro Mediterranean policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - presented by MicheleCapasso and Salvatore Calleri - members of the Executive Committee - the "RIDE - Italian Network for Euro-Mediterranean dialogue" to Senate President Pietro Grasso during a meeting held in the Sala Zuccari.
The President Grasso has expressed his satisfaction for this action and for qualified signatures, indicating in concrete actions for the Mediterranean Dialogue euro a "strong point" of Italy on the eve of the Italian Presidency of the EU.

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Appreciation for the documentary film that Augusto Montaruli helped to achieve.
It tells of an active project in the territory involving women of different nationalities, including Italian. The film was seen during a visit to the non-profit organization that follows the project all'Assifero (association foundations) that wants to spread it and bring it to Brussels.
Also in the film were included shots taken at home Molinari.

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On the occasion of the visit of President Barack Obama in Italy, the Mediterranean, the Foundation announced the award by the international jury of the "Mediterranean Prize for Peace 2014".
The U.S. Ambassador to Italy John Phillips expressed the appreciation of his country and President Obama for the prestigious award: the ceremony with the presentation of the monumental work "Totem of Peace" by Mario Molinari at the White House will take place in the coming months Washington.
President Obama, during his visit to Italy, praised the Italian foreign policy for the central role assigned to the Mediterranean "- sign says Obama - who wants to strengthen the leadership that Italy already exercises in the Mediterranean from Lebanon to Libya."

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The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) Senator Francesco Maria Amoruso celebrated in Naples, at the headquarters of the Fondazione Mediterraneo and MAMT, the "Day of the Mediterranean", designated by parliament members APM March 21 of each year .
The event, held in collaboration with the RIDE - Italian Network for the euro Mediterranean dialogue, with the participation of members of the Foundation and members of civil society.

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