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21 September 2012
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Mediterranean Awards
The change Command Ceremony at the Nunziatella Military Academy in Naples, during which Colonel Bernardo Barbarotto handed over command to Colonel Maurizio Napoletano, was attended among others by the Commander of the Military Academy of Modena, General Division, Massimiliano Del Casale, and dignitaries representing civil and military institutions. At the close of the ceremony, the President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, Michele Capasso, together with other members including Vittorio di Pace and Claudio Azzolini, informed those attending of the jury’s decision to give the Mediterranean Peace Keepers Award to the departing commanders of the Nunziatella Academy as a token of the Academy’s secular activities.
The highest honour was awarded to Colonel Bernardo Barbarotto and consists of a replica of the TOTEM FOR PEACE by Molinari set on a stone base taken from old block of lava from Vesuvius.
