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.

 

The "Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in the world" with the "Fondazione Mediterraneo" and the "National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise" commemorated Sister Maria Pia Giudici by placing a commemorative plaque in the Rifugio della Difesa where, for the last 15 years, Sister Maria Pia Judges with other Daughters of Mary Help of Christians stayed and wrote memorable pages in defense of nature and for the protection of the environment.
The president Capasso, moved, retraced the main stages of Sister Maria Pia's stays in the Park: meetings with young people from various countries, seminars on interreligious dialogue, outdoor Holy Masses and many other initiatives that have made these places a reference point for visitors from various countries.
On this occasion the film "MARIA PIA GIUDICI, JOY IN A SIMPLE LIFE" by Michele Capasso was screened
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The Fondazione Mediterraneo and the Anna Lindh Italy Federation participated in the international prayer meeting for peace on the theme "No one is saved alone. Peace and fraternity ", promoted by the Community of Sant’Egidio.
On this occasion the "Appeal for peace" was signed by the participants.
President Michele Capasso, on the eve of the thirtieth anniversary of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, stressed "the importance of the meeting because precisely in this difficult moment due to the pandemic, it is essential to reaffirm the spirit of fraternity and union by considering us all together as brothers and sisters"
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The Fondazione Mediterraneo, a leading player in the Euro-Mediterranean partnership since 1990, participated in the 5th Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean "with the theme" Building a stronger Mediterranean ".
The webinar event is included in the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the "Barcelona Process"
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