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.

 

BAKU 2015 – FIRST EDITION OF EUROPEAN GAMES

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Baku | 25 May 2015
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The first edition of the European Games will take place in Baku from 12 to 18 June 2015, with the presence of athletes from various European countries.
The United States of the World supports this event, aware that sport is an essential pillar in intercultural and interreligious dialogue and contributes to supporting and strengthening peace among peoples.
Secretary General Michele Capasso, who was present in Baku with other members of the international institution, presented the title of "Standard Bearers of the United States of the World" to all the young people from Azerbaijan who are involved in organising the event and promoting the values of sport and human brotherhood.

 

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PRESENTATION OF THE UNESCO BOOK “AGREE TO DIFFER” AND AWARD TO PARTNER ORGANS

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Baku | 18 May 2015
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

In conclusion of the opening session of the “3° World Forum about Intercultural Dialogue” the presentation of the UNESCO published book dedicated to Intercultural Dialogue took place and was dedicated to the tenth anniversary of reconciliation among cultures.
The book, titled “Agree to differ”, was presented by UNESCO General director Irina Bokova, before Ilham Aliyev president of Azeri Republic, the UNESCO ambassador Mehriban Aliyeva – and exponents from partner institutions as ISESCO, AOC, UN World Tourism, Council of Europe.
These ones were awarded with the symbol of the “Forum”.
The president Michele Capasso, praised Aliyeva and General Director for their struggle for the safeguard and promotion of world cultural heritage.

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THE PRESIDENT CAPASSO TOOK THE FLOOR IN BAKU ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

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Baku | 20 May 2015
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The President Capasso joined a meeting at the Baku Academy of Sciences, where he highlighted the importance of the Caucasian country in the international context of awareness and knowledge.
Capasso wished for the possibility of hosting a collection of artworks able to carry memory traces of the art, music and traditions of Azerbaijan at MAMT, Naples. “The acronym – he stated – fits your country perfectly as well as our: MAMT = Museum of Azerbaijan – Memory, Art, Music, Tradition”.
Among the Azeri personalities who were mentioned during the meeting: the writer Zecharia Sitchin, the pianist and composer Frangis Ali-Sade, the President Ilham Aliyev along with his father Heydar, the mathematician Hamlet Isakhanli, the cellist and orchestra leader Mstislav Rostropovič.

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International Meeting - Alvaro Siza: Ideas and Projects for the City

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Napoli | 12 June 2010
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The MAISON DE LA PAIX hosted the International Meeting Alvaro Siza: Ideas and Projects for the City ".

They intervened:
Arch. Michele Capasso
President of the Mediterranean Foundation
Arch. Paolo Pisciotta
Member of the National Council of Architects Conservation Planners Landscape Architects
Arch. Claudio de Saint Mihiel
Dean of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II
Arch. GennaroPolichetti
President of the Order of Conservation Architects Planners of Naples and Province He concluded:
Arch. Alvaro Siza Vieira
Mediterranean Architecture Award 2009-2010

During the meeting the Arch. Siza has given its readiness to preside over the international jury that will evaluate the project for the future definitive seat of the "Maison de la Paix"..

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MUNICIPIO SQUARE: TWO ARCHITECTS, TWO STORIES

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Napoli | 23 May 2015
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

In the occasion of the opening ceremony of Metropolitan Station of Municipio Square, after 15 years of works, two architects and friends met up: Alvaro Siza e Michele Capasso. The first has the occasion to see finished (almost) his artwork: a complex and interesting challenge between past and future. The second, after 25 years of struggle for peace and dialogue, can attend to the work for multimedia reallocation of MAMT, which has its entrance in Municipio Square and which from this square will tell and  moved the audience in a travel to the Mediterranean. Two stories, two friends linked by mutual respect and the belief that only  a serious engagement and real knowledge could be the antidote for lack of morals and the banality of our days.

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