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.

 

LAMPEDUSA: APPEAL TO EUROPE CONSCIENCE

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Vilnius | 04 October 2013
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

In occasion of the meeting of Union for Mediterranean, at the presence of general secretary of UPM Fatallah Sijilmassi, high functionaries of European Union, and ambassadors of 43 Euromediterranean countries, president Michele Capasso renewed the Appeal for Lampedusa and his refugees, launched by Fondazione Mediterraneo on the 8 july 2013, in occasion of the visit of Francis Pope to the island.
The appeal sadly recalled the tragedy happened once again for the lackness of a clear European policy about migration and refugees right.

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LAMPEDUSA, SHAME OF EUROPE

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Lampedusa | 09 October 2013
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

In visit at Lampedusa, in the aftermath of the massacre which has been cause of 300 deads, the Prime Minister Letta, the president of  European Commission Barroso, Ministry Alfano and European Commissioner Malmström, promised the intervention of Europe in order to avoid similar tragedies. "It is never too late" – declared President Capasso which Fondazione Mediterraneo for years warned about refugees unbearable situation, launching a new appeal on 8 July 2013 in occasion of Francis Pope’s visit.

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INAUGURATED "MOLINARI HALL" IN CIVIC LIBRARY "NATALIA GINZBURG"

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Turin | 08 October 2013
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

At the presence of Pia and Jacopo Molinari, the president of Turin City Council Giovanni Ferraris, Turin Culture Assessor Braccialarghe and neighbourhood people, has been inaugurated "Sala Molinari" dedicated to the great sculptor.
On this occasion, the memorandum of understanding for the "Library of Peace" in Naples was signed.

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POPE FRANCIS MEETS THE UNEMPLOYED IN SARDEGNA: “GIVE WORK FOR GIVE DIGNITY”

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Cagliari | 22 September 2013
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The Pope during his visit to Sardinia has improvised a prayer focused on the job:

“Lord God, look at us, look at this city, this island, view our families, you did not miss the job, you’ve done a carpenter and you were happy. Lord there is no work, idols want our dignity, unjust systems they want to steal our hope, Lord, do not leave us alone, please help us help among us, that we forget a bit of selfishness and feel in our hearts the us, we are a people who want to get ahead. Lord Jesus which did not fail the job give us work and teach us to fight for the job, and bless us all”.

“It’s easy to say do not lose hope, why I tell you: do not steal the hope, which is like the embers under the ashes, let us help blowing together, because the fire is”.

Pope Francis has addressed these words to the workers of companies in crisis. “This - he said - is not optimism, hope we all know, we have to support it all together, it’s ours and yours”. “The lack of work - said the Pope - is not a problem of Sardinia, even if it is strong here, but is the consequence of a world, of an economic system that leads to this tragedy, an economic system that has to center an idol which is called money”.

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