THE MAISON DE LA PAIX

 

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.

 

On the occasion of the premiere of "AIDA" in Piazza del Plebiscito, President Michele Capasso met friends Jack Lang, Gilles Kepel and Laurent Burin des Roziers (Consul General of France in Naples).
"Great credit to Superintendent Lissner for bringing the work among the people - said President Capasso - by transforming Piazza del Plebiscito into an open-air theater".
An exceptional cast with Anna Pirozzi and Jonas Kaufmann directed by
Michele Mariotti.

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The sixteenth of the anniversaries is dedicated to the seventh year since the death of Father Paolo Dall’oglio who was kidnapped on 29 July 2013.
The touched President Michele Capasso recalled the friendship with Father Paolo and the many battles waged together to promote peace and interreligious dialogue, in particular between Christianity and Islam.
The last meeting in Marseille in 2013 shortly before the kidnapping
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During an "ad hoc" meeting, the international committee of the United States of the World expressed solidarity with the Lebanese people, victims of the serious explosion that caused innocent victims and destruction.
“We are close to the Lebanese people to whom 30 years of friendship and cooperation in this terrible tragedy bind us. As has happened several times, Lebanon will be able to rise again ”this is the final declaration of the meeting which decided on concrete initiatives for the protection and safeguarding of the damaged cultural heritag
e.

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The Fondazione Mediterraneo is close to the Lebanese people - to whom 30 years of friendship and cooperation are linked - in this terrible tragedy.
As has happened several times, Lebanon will know how to rise again. In a special meeting of the International Scientific Committee, the serious question of this country and possible interventions of aid and solidarity will be addressed
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