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 series of events have celebrated 25 years of Fondazione Mediterraneo and 20 years of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR).
The president of the Foundation Michele Capasso and the General Manager of the ECSSR Jamal Snad Al-Suwaidi have retraced the history of their institutions in the presence of diplomats, men and women of culture from various countries, and members of their respective associations.
At the end, there was the symbolic cake cutting - pictured with the two logos - offered by Antonio De Martino, the owner of "Chalet Ciro a Mergellina".

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The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso has sent a loving message to King Felipe VI of Spain on the occasion of his coronation.
In the text, in addition to the official congratulations, you invoke a long friendship that has developed since 1995 on the occasion of the first Euromed Civil Forum in Barcelona and then continued with visits to Naples and Madrid.
"The hope - says Capasso - is that the new sovereign can and knows how to combine the demand for democracy with the values ​​of an ancient tradition of the monarchy."

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On the occasion of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Foundation Mediterranean and the twentieth anniversary of the 'Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research in Abu Dhabi, the President Capasso presented the volume of the Director General of the Centre, Dr. Jamal Sanad Al Suwaidi, titled "PROSPECTS FOR THE AMERICAN AGE. Sovereignty and Influence in the New World Order. "
Al-Suwaidi, the eminent personality in the world, dedicated to the guests a copy of his book.
The event, opportunity for dialogue and policy analysis, was attended among others, the President of the Senate Pietro Grasso, the Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli, the president of the CASD Admiral Veri, the Hon. Valentina Grippo for the city of Rome, diplomats and ambassadors of various countries.
They commented on the volume - among others - Stefano Polli, Paolo Quercia, Salvatore Calleri, Paolo Guarnaccia and Franco Rizzi.

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During the 25th anniversary of the birth of Fondazione Mediterraneo, President Michele Capasso with Claudio Azzolini, Pia Molinari, Jacopo Molinari and other members of the Foundation have  met with Ambassadors and diplomats from various countries who cooperated in the course of a quarter of a century with the foundation.
On this occasion, copies of the 25th anniversary’s book were donated to present to participants and initiatives have been outlined. The diplomats expressed their satisfaction for the concrete actions undertaken by the Foundation and its President Capasso in this quarter of a century by saying that some of these "had an impact on the historical process."

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During the 25th anniversary of the birth of “Fondazione Mediterraneo”, President Michele Capasso with Claudio Azzolini, Pia Molinari and Jacopo Molinari met at CASD - Centre for High Defence Studies - Chairman Admiral Rinaldo Veri to retrace the main stages of the Foundation. On this occasion, a copy of the book of the 25th anniversary has been given to the President Veri  and  initatives have been outlined . The President expressed his satisfaction with and He wished to continue the work undertaken.

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