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.

 

The Min. Pl. Enrico Granara - coordinator of the euro Mediterranean policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - presented by MicheleCapasso and Salvatore Calleri - members of the Executive Committee - the "RIDE - Italian Network for Euro-Mediterranean dialogue" to Senate President Pietro Grasso during a meeting held in the Sala Zuccari.
The President Grasso has expressed his satisfaction for this action and for qualified signatures, indicating in concrete actions for the Mediterranean Dialogue euro a "strong point" of Italy on the eve of the Italian Presidency of the EU.

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The President of the Senate Pietro Grasso accompanied by his wife Maria Fedele Grasso has received in the Senate by Pia Molinari and Elizabeth Caponnetto a copy of the "Totem of Peace" by Mario Molinari.
"This is a symbol that the Fondazione Mediterraneo is spreading around the world - has established itself - is a hope and an encouragement to all those who occupy institutional responsibilities."

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Senate President Pietror Grasso has reiterated, in a long and detailed speech on organized crime and the future of the Euro-Mediterranean, the role played by the Caponnetto Foundation and by the Mediterranean Foundation driving dell'OMCOM.
The President Grasso recalled his participation in the initiatives of the previous two foundations and the joint commitment to the rule of law as the basis of dialogue and peace.

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