MAMT||Museo Mediterraneo dell' Arte, della Musica e delle Tradizioni (EN)

The MAMT- Mediterranean Museum of Art, Music and Traditions is an institution created by the Fondazione Mediterraneo with the aim “to experience” in an interactive way, the positive emotions of Our Sea through Arts, Music and Traditions. The MAMT is one of the most important initiatives of Fondazione Mediterraneo: an active space created in order to let communicate Arts, Music and Traditions of the Mediterranean contemporary society. The awareness of a past full of ancient traditions is the base for the construction of a rational and connected humanity: the vastness of the Mediterranean area collects together the responsibility, the hard work and intelligence with the ability to share spaces and cultures. Today, more than ever, the sense of future is given by the awareness of the sorrow, of the conflicts and at the same time by the ability to share joys and bond.
Art and Music are since ever the tool of communication and sharing of the humanity that, in a particular “Mediterranean” path, allows us to overtake the violence of the human being that showed itself in his greater brutality in countries as Bosnia, Palestine, Syria and other places: as testify of this there are Bosnia, in order not to forget and Suffering and Hope in the world, exhibitions of the museum.

At the same time there are symbols inviting to meeting and hope appear in lands of desolation and Hush: The Ferrigno Nativity Scene, the exhibition a Sea, three Faiths, the Peace and the Last Neapolitan Supper are part of the Museum.
Near the Totem of Peace and other works by Mario Molinari, sculptor of the color, accompanies the lonely journey of freedom, the Dreamlike World of John Crown and the desire of participation and recognition of the role of women in the Mediterranean in the exhibition “Breaking the Veils, women artists of Islamic World”.
Fado, Flamenco, Tango and Sirtaki, the Song of Naples, the Great Lyric Operas, Arabic Music and the Classics of all the times catch the attention of the audience with the acoustic perfection of the “Music hall” of the Museum.
The section dedicated to Pino Daniele has a particular meaning.
The warm of the Mediterranean human nature and the awareness of the necessity to keep track, the the wealth and the fertility find in the “Section Architecture” – with the Associated presences of Alvaro Siza, Ciamarra Picas, Vittorio Di Pace, Nicola Pagliara, Marco Introini and others - and in the Voices of the Migrants and other strong point.
The artworks of Pietro and Rino Volpe mark Mediterranean signs in which the culture and the literature merge with the creativity making a unique collection.
A collection of HD video about the most important sites of the Campania Region will accompany the tourists of cruises and the visitors in the whole building: the ground floor facing on Municipio Square will host an info-point unique in its kind. The MAMT is also an articulated system of services in the heart of the city of Naples: the library, the emeroteque, the music hall, salt conventions, the restaurants, the Euromedcafé, the residences and the bookshop receive the visitor with sympathy and enthusiasm: that enthusiasm of the Mediterranean!

The representatives of the "Forum de l'Académie Politique", led by its president Hayet Doghri, and of the "Konrad Adenauer Stiftung", led by the resident representative of the Tunisian office Malte Gaier, watched a preview of the video of the Foundation's 30th anniversary with the UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD project.
Welcomed by President Michele Capasso and Director Pia Molinari, they expressed their appreciation for the Foundation's thirty years of action in favour of dialogue and peace and for the high vision in promoting the UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD, born from an intuition of Gustavo Rol.
Azouz Rebai:
"Thank you Michele Capasso for welcoming us last week in your beautiful city of Naples. Your commitment to our Mediterranean region is important for my generation, which must follow your path! A big thank you to the Tunisian representation in Italy".

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The Deputy Mayor of Naples, Prof. Mia Filippone, made her first institutional visit after her very recent appointment (wearing the tricolour sash for the first time) visiting the Museum of Peace - MAMT, on the occasion of the recognition ceremony of the Totem for Peace by the sculptor Molinari as a symbol of the UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD.
Accompanied by the Head of Ceremonies, Dr. Umberto Zoccoli, and the Communications Officer of the City of Naples, Velia Cammarano, the Deputy Mayor spoke with the various ambassadors present at the event and with ministers and representatives of various countries.
At the end of the ceremony - after having watched part of the video of the thirtieth anniversary of the Fondazione Mediterraneo - she expressed her appreciation for the initiative, for the Museum of Peace and for President Michele Capasso, who has been committed to dialogue and peace in the Euro-Mediterranean region and in the world for over thirty years and to the relaunching of Naples in the international arena.

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The Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to Italy, H.E. Taalay Bazarbaev, visited the Museum of Peace - MAMT with a large delegation.
Welcomed by President Michele Capasso and Director Pia Molinari, the diplomat was greeted by the Kyrgyz anthem, the first part of which reads:
"The white rocky walls and steppes are the soul of our people.
Our fathers lived in the mountains of Alatau and have always protected their homeland.
Proceed Kyrgyz people on the road to freedom!"
At the conclusion of the visit, the Ambassador joined the UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD and expressed himself as follows:
"I thank for affectionate welcome in this Museum of Peace behind which there is not only the heritage of the city of Naples but of the whole world.
Today is a historic day because the TOTEM OF PEACE becomes the Symbol of the United States of the World. It is a beautiful initiative of Italy that I support and with me my country, Kyrgyzstan. This initiative will bring positive results. I want to congratulate the museum's management and wish them happiness and success. Thank you very much".

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The international conference entitled "Islamic Arts in Campania" was held in Naples, at the headquarters of the "United States of the World" and the "Museum of Peace - MAMT" (World Heritage Site), on 27 and 28 October 2021.
The event was held in both telematic and in-presence modes.
The conference was organised by the Fondazione Laboratorio Mediterraneo Onlus with the collaboration of ACLI Beni Culturali, ACLI Regionale Campania and ACLI Provinciale Napoli, with the aim of promoting initiatives and events related to the dissemination of Islamic culture in the Campania region.
The aim of the conference was to enhance the history of the Campania Region, which is rich in historical, literary and artistic references dating back to the period of the Arab presence in the area. The idea behind the project was to bring out these connections between the territory and Islamic art and to create an international meeting aimed at promoting the Islamic cultural wealth present in the Campania region.
In addition to enhancing the artistic cultural heritage, the conference was an ideal instrument to disseminate Islamic culture from different perspectives: a model of action for the peaceful integration of all cultures as well as publicising the region's artistic heritage wealth.
During the two days of work - also thanks to the extraordinary high-definition films dowry of the Museum of Peace - MAMT - a 'journey' was undertaken through the historical-artistic Islamic architectural heritage present in Italy and in Campania to tell the intertwined stories between Christianity and Islam and between West and East through a series of engaging iconographies.
"The enhancement of cultural heritage," said Prof. Michele Capasso, President of the Fondazione Laboratorio Mediterraneo Onlus, "is a privileged asset for sustainable development, tourism and innovation of the 'country system'. Design for cultural heritage, together with the presentation of workshops, can offer the means to network and make this little-known heritage usable".

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Welcomed by President Michele Capasso and Museum Director Pia Molinari, Sergio Japino and Alessandro Lo Cascio - Raffaella Carrà's historic assistant - visited the Museum of Peace - MAMT and the various emotional paths, including "Pino Daniele Alive", accompanied by Cristina Daniele and Gaetano Sampino.
On this occasion, the possibility of creating a section of the Museum dedicated to Raffaella Carrà was examined.

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