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.

 

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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Pope Francesco, in a historic trip to the Holy Land, has given impetus to interreligious dialogue and the peace process.
Of particular importance is the meeting with Patriarch Bartolomeo, the Mass in Bethlehem and milestones in Israel.
The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso pointed out during a press conference twenty-five years the commitment to peace between Israel and Palestine and milestones.
"The recent meetings with President Peres and President Abu Mazen - said Capasso - have strengthened the hope that Pope Francesco could provide a new impetus to the peace process by hosting, at the Vatican on June 8, 2014, a meeting of the prayer and dialogue.

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