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.

 

A million people attended the event in which the historical presence of two Popes - Pope Benedetto XVI and Francesco - were sanctified two great Popes Giovanni XXIII and Giovanni Paolo II.
From Abu Dhabi President Michele Capasso pointed out the historical significance of the day and the essential role assumed by Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II in intercultural and interreligious dialogue.

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After the journey of the late architect Vittorio Di Pace - a member of the Fondazione Mediterraneo than 106 years wanted to visit Dubai - President architect Michele Capasso with Jacopo Molinari visited the "City of the Future" that has managed to combine old traditions with the most daring experiments architecture of the world, including the "Tower Armani", tallest building in the world with its 836 meters.

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The President Michele Capasso spoke at the opening ceremony of the 7th edition of the Yacht Med Festival.
The Foundation collaborates Mediterranean since the 1st edition of this significant event for the economy of the sea wanted by the president of Unioncamere Lazio, Vincenzo Zottola.
During the opening ceremony the words of appreciation for the activities of the Fondazione Mediterraneo - especially for the "Totem of Peace" and the "Euro-Mediterranean Concert for the Dialogue between Cultures" - were expressed by the secretary of defense Domenico Russo, from Special Commissioner of the Port Authority of Naples, Admiral Felicio Angrisano, commanding general of the Harbour / Coast Guard and MEP Silvia Costa.
On this occasion the Presidenta Capasso and RAI journalist, Donatella Bianchi, presented the 13th edition of the "Euro-Mediterranean Concert for Dialogue among Cultures" will conclude the Yacht Med Festival April 30, 2014.

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It was held in Rome at the "Hall Tiber" Palace of the Lazio Region, the press conference of presentation of the Yacht Med Festival.
Six and a half billion Euros products, 112,000 employees, more than 34,000 companies, two and half million passengers a year in the cruise market. E 'is the important contribution that the region of Lazio is bringing the Economy of the Sea, and it has been pointed out by the President of the Lazio Region Nicola Zingaretti during the press conference of presentation of the seventh edition of the Yacht Med Festival, the International Fair of 'Economics of the Sea, held in Gaeta from 24 April to 1 May 2014.
"With 39% of the goods that are imported through our logistics and transportation, and the important tourist flows, the economy of the sea is of extraordinary importance for the region, in Italy and throughout the Mediterranean," he the president of Unioncamere Lazio, the Chamber of Commerce in Latin America and organizer of the Yacht Med Festival, Vincenzo Zottola.
The President Michele Capasso, in the course of his speech, said the partnership with the Fondazione Mediterraneo since the first edition and illustrated edition of "Concert for Euro-Mediterranean dialogue between cultures: rumors of peace" that the Foundation proposed for the evening April 30. On this occasion Capasso explained the "RIDE - Italian Network for Euro-Mediterranean dialogue" getting the membership of the Lazio Region and the Chamber of Commerce in Latin America.

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