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.

 

Pope Francis at European Parliament and at European Coommittee made a remarkable speech.
“A big emotion –declared the president Michele Capasso - because, as a miracle, Pope Francis  expressed and recapped the big issues with which Foundation deals for 25 years. It come to me as a familiar discourse. There is no speech more sharable.”

Read more: ...

Presidents Pietro Grasso and Michele Capasso are agree on the necessity to struggle the moral degradation on the public life.  During their speech held at XX°  Antimafia Meeting, highlighted the importance of initiatives by political parties and organs aim to give back dignity, reliability and  for the Common Good to the action operating at all levels. In particular, president Capasso, put attention on the YOUTH EMERGENCY, which affects our youngs whom, disappointed by politics, lost their hope and prospect and are not able anymore to work as “constructor” of our future.

Read more: ...

During  a meeting with Sicily Region Rosario Crocetta – in occasion of birth of  political workgroup “Megafono Toscano”  promoted by Salvatore Càlleri –president of FM Michele Capasso stressed the necessity of a political action in order to solve emergencies present in Italy and in general in euro mediterranean region, focusing about the great urban areas. Has been decided to extend the studio to euro mediterranean region and start concrete initiatives in cities as Naples, Palermo, Catania and others.

Read more: ...

The  president of Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso presented to the Senato’s president Pietro Grasso the  Report 2014  and Revue 2004-2015 of Foundation Anna Lindh.
The president Grasso plaused the initiative and regretted couldn’t have come before to Naples and join to the events for concomitant institutional commitments.

 

Read more: ...

President Michele Capasso –and Michael Dobbs, Franco Pomilio, Marco Boscolo, Pier Luigi d’Agata, Dimitrios Pandermalis, Roberto Pisoni, Fedora Filippi and other participants– is spokeperson at INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION SUMMIT, held in Rome and which has as theme “ Storytelling. European challenge of heritage communication”.
In this occasion president Capasso talked about Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean and stressed particularly the concepts of “truth” and “humanity” in the communication., hoping a return to the five senses. “We need to touch with our eyes”.

Read more: ...