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.

 

CONDOLENCES FOR THE DEATH OF MASSIMO LO CICERO

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Naples | 23 July 2024
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

President Michele Capasso, the President of the International Committee, Massimo Pica Ciamarra, and the representatives of the branches in various countries of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, express their deep condolences for the death of Professor Massimo Lo Cicero, member of the Foundation's International Scientific Committee.
A graduate in Economics from the Federico II University, he was a lecturer at the Oriental Institute at the Suor Orsola Benincasa University, at the Naval Institute in Naples, at Tor Vergata and at the Sapienza University in Rome.

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOOD SAFETY AND REGULATORY MEASURES (ICFSRM - 24)

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Sidney | 29 July 2024
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

A delegation from the "United States of the World" and the "Fondazione Mediterraneo" participates in the event that aims to bring together all stakeholders in the discipline of food safety and regulatory measures to promote genuine and accelerated progress in scientific research. 
At the conference, participants, keynote speakers, volunteers and others had access to the best resources, infrastructure and opportunities to help them achieve their professional goals, no matter how different and varied they may be from one continent to another.
"The goal of the United States of the World, which coincides with that of the Conference - said Secretary-General Michele Capasso - is to address the global challenges that hinder the promotion of food safety and regulatory measures with modern and viable solutions".

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PESCASSEROLI READS

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Pescasseroli | 09 August 2024
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The "United States of the World" and the "Fondazione Mediterraneo" participated in the events of the "Pescasseroli legge" event directed by Dacia Maraini and organised by Fiorella Graziani, with the support of the Centre for Books and Reading. Protagonists, from 9 to 17 August, were Sandra Petrignani, Agnese Pini, Filippo La Porta, Lidia Ravera, Sigfrido Ranucci and Eugenio Murrali.
‘Hearing the breath of a listening square in a small mountain centre gives security and confidence. Only by thinking together can we create a common future, a project based on the exchange of ethical and aesthetic emotions,' explains artistic director Dacia Maraini.
‘The confrontation between generations, reflection on pain, the weight of history on people's lives, the courage of choice were some of the themes of the event shared by the United States of the World,’ said Michele Capasso.
Particularly well attended was the meeting with Sigfrido Ranucci, presenter of the historic RAI programme Report, who on 16 August presented La scelta (Bompiani), in which he retraced some of the most important investigations in his journalistic career and the figures who inspired and guided him.

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THE FEAST OF SAINT ASSUNTA IN MEMORY OF SISTER MARIA PIA

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Pescasseroli | 15 August 2024
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

President Michele Capasso with Pia Molinari and other friends of Sister Maria Pia Giudici gathered at the places the nun frequented for many years and, in particular, in front of the little church where there is a plaque in her memory.
On this occasion, the poem written on 15 August 2019 by Sister Maria Pia in honour of Mary Assumed into Heaven was read.

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MEETING WITH CARDINAL ZUPPI AND MONSIGNOR PAGLIA

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Pescasseroli | 18 August 2024
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

Secretary-General Michele Capasso had a cordial meeting with Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, President of the Italian Bishops' Conference and Archbishop of Bologna, and with Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
During the conversation, various moments spent with the ‘Community of Sant'Egidio’ were recalled and the developments of the ‘United States of the World’ were illustrated, with the approval of the ‘Constitution’ based on the encyclicals ‘Laudato sì’ and ‘Fratelli tutti’.
On this occasion, Michele Capasso handed Cardinal Zuppi the first draft of the book ‘United States of the World’. After reading some chapters, the Cardinal wrote: ‘Dear Michele, in the meantime thank you. A story truly of God. A hug, Matteo'.

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