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.

 

Intended 5x1000 of your taxes indicating the UNICO 2013, the tax identification number of the Fondazione Mediterraneo.
The newspaper "La Repubblica" has dedicated a page to the Foundation and the usefulness of spending 5x1000 to this institution for 25 years has been engaged in actions of solidarity and peace.

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A "summit of prayer," a step towards the long-awaited reconciliation. The eyes of the world are the Vatican Gardens where Pope Francesco has joined together with the presidents of Israel and Palestine, Shimon Peres and Abu Mazen, in order to invoke the end of inter-religious conflict. With them also the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartolomeo I. "I call upon all people of good will to join us in praying for peace in the Middle East # weprayforpeace" wrote the Pope in a tweet to ask everyone to join them in prayer. With this initiative, which raises the dialogue at a time when international diplomats are stalled, Francis carries out the project to involve faiths in peace-building, which was initiated by Pope Wojtyla and continued by Ratzinger.
An important contribution to interreligious dialogue and the role of civil society for peace between Israel and Palestine has been carried out since 1991 by the Fondazione Mediterraneo: This action has been publicly recognized by the Presidents Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas during their visits to Mediterranean Foundation: last, that of President Abu Mazen April 28, 2013.
The President Michele Capasso on the sidelines of the summit in Rome participated in prayer meetings and exchanges with Israeli and Palestinian representatives.

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During a meeting-debate at the headquarters of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the Fondazione Mediterraneo has been shown - with Scaturchio and Gay-Odin - between the excellence of Campania in the social and the promotion of intercultural dialogue.
Was attended by the leaders of Banca MPS and personalities from the world of economics, culture and business.
During his speech, the president Capasso stressed the need to restore the right balance between ethics and solidarity economy: an indispensable role to get out of an epochal crisis that, first of all, it's "Crisis of Values​​."

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The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso spoke at commemorative ceremonies on the occasion of the 22th anniversary of the massacre of Capaci and Via D'Amelio that killed the judges Falcone and Borsellino.
"It 's important to remember and keep alive the memory of these two key figures of servants of the state - said Capasso - and we take pride in our small, with the OMCOM Caponnetto founded together with the Foundation, we can continue the mission of legality that Falcone and Borsellino had in two fundamental pillars. "

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