Universal Forum of Cultures 2014 | Naples and Campania program

Poster of the Universal Forum of 2014 Cultures in Naples and Campania

The complete program of the events of the Universal 2014 Forum of Cultures that will take place in Naples and in the main UNESCO sites of Campania

After much discussion and long waits, finally the complete program was officially publishedThe Universal Forum of Cultures 2014, which will involve not only Napoli, but also the other provinces of Campania.

As perhaps many already know, the Forum of Cultures, originally conceived by the Fundaciòn Forum Universal de les Cultures of Barcelona and promoted by UNESCO, is an event that is periodically hosted by a different city and has as its fulcrum the dialogue between peoples, cultures, languages ​​and religions with the aim of promoting human, sustainable and peaceful development.

The first edition took place in Barcelona in 2004, before being hosted in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2007 and in Valparaiso, Chile, in 2010. This year's edition will totally involve Naples and the Campania region and the inauguration ceremony it took place in November 2013. This fourth edition will not be promoted only by the Municipality of Naples, but also by the Municipalities where the UNESCO sites of Caserta, Benevento, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ascea, Paestum and Ravello.

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The program covers a very long time span, lasting as many as 6 months, and will start from May to end in December 2014 (and some events will fall even in January 2015).
Will 5 the universal themes on which it will focus: conditions for peace, knowledge, cultural diversity, sea, sustainable development, explained in detail below.

  • Conditions for peace: to raise awareness of the ever widening inequalities between North part and south of the world.
  • Knowledge: to generate awareness of the central importance that knowledge has for the civil and cultural growth of citizens.
  • Cultural diversity: to underline the importance that the differences between cultures confer on the social growth of communities, especially as the main resources of mutual knowledge.
  • Sea: understood as Mediterranean and its declinations, which at the same time divides and unites the peoples that overlook it
  • Sustainable Development: to focus attention on the need for a conscious and sustainable use of natural resources.

UNESCO sites in Campania will become locations for important events curated by authoritative intellectuals and scholars of various disciplines, experts in the field of humanistic and scientific culture, which will be the starting point for discussions and reflections on the themes of the Forum.

In the city of Naples there will be many places involved in the festival, including museums, theaters, libraries, squares, streets, cloisters, churches, castles, archaeological sites and monuments.

Below we propose some of the main events of the next 6 months, while the link to the complete program will be indicated at the end of the article.
We also remember that the first major event promoted and funded by the Forum of Cultures was the May of the 2014 Monuments.

Program Universal Forum of 2014 Cultures

May 2014

An impossible exhibition

In the Basilica of San Domenico Maggiore 117 works by Leonardo, Raffaello and Caravaggio will be exhibited, all in scalal 1: 1. However, these are digital reproductions that allow visitors to admire the most beautiful works of these three great artists. They will be reproduced on digital canvases and exhibited in a single environment. From the April 21, in addition, the exhibition has been enriched by Leonardo's 5 machines, reconstructed following faithfully the original designs of the great engineer.

When: until 31 May 2014, with renewal from 1 June to 31 August 2014
Where: Basilica San Domenico Maggiore, Naples
Prezzi: full 5 euro, reduced (from 6 to 12 years) 3 euro, free organized school groups
For more information, read the our dedicated article

an exhibition hall impossible to the Basilica of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples

Celebration of Eduardo De Filippo

On the occasion of the thirty years since the death of the great Eduardo, there will be a rich program of exhibitions, theatrical performances, conferences and dialogues to pay homage to him.
In May the National Library of Naples will dedicate one of its rooms to him, where the Eduardiano Fund is kept: documents and handwritten texts donated by the family. The San Carlo will pay homage to him with its own dance troupe, in a production that will take place at the San Ferdinando Theater with the show Eduardo the magic artifice.

Where: National Library of Naples, Real Teatro di San Carlo, San Ferdinando Theater, Teatro Mercadante
When: from 1 May 2014 to 31 October 2014

Cultural walks: discover Benevento

In May it will also be possible to discover one of the most characteristic historical centers of the Campania region, that of Benevento. Thanks to guided tours in the buffer zone  UNESCO, it will be possible to immerse yourself in the suggestive province of Campania and to participate in events, shows, exhibitions, events and meetings of Slow Food.

When: until the 22 June 2014
Where: historical center of Benevento

June 2014

Festival of Ecological Communication

The theme of the Festival is critical consumption, with the aim of raising awareness on the tragedy of the ecomafies and the consequences they cause. At the same time, we want to deepen the theme of the defense of our planet, through meetings between laity and believers.

When:  1 June 2014 - 30 September 2014
Where: Mostra d'Oltremare, Historic Center

Playing Peace

“Fanfare and musical bands of the city and the various Italian and foreign military corps will play together peace in the streets of the historic center of Naples, UNESCO heritage, and in the most emblematic places of the city, involving citizens and tourists."

When: 1 June 2014 - 30 September 2014
Where: streets and places of the historic center of Naples

July 2014

Dialogues on the Mafias

A series of dialogues focused on the theme of the fight against mafias, not only Neapolitan or Italian, but from all over the world. We will talk about organized crime and juvenile crime and the ideological-symbolic aspects of the vision of the world that feeds mafia cultures will be deepened.

When: 1 June 2014 - 31 October 2014
Where: Piazza Forcella, Scampia Auditorium, University

The city we need

Organized by UN-Habitat, the United Nations Agency for Human Settlements, this event follows the outcomes of the debates of the seventh session of the World Urban Forum organized by UN-Habitat in Medellin, Colombia from 5 to 11 April 2014 and "It will represent another important step in the process of involving the global community of urban actors in the debate towards the definition of the New Urban Agenda and the strengthening of international partnerships for the future of our cities". The aim is to bring together urban thinkers, philosophers, writers, journalists, bloggers, planners, designers, programmers and web designers, managers, information managers, innovators, marketing professionals to discuss the best methods to rethink the urban fabric. modern and ensure a better quality of life for all.

When: from 15 July to 19 July 2014
Where: Belvedere of San Leucio, Caserta

August 2014

The way of Being Elea Velia 

The theatrical evenings at the Acropolis of Elea-Velia will be a series of meetings to represent the famous Dialogues of Plato. The topics covered will be the idea of ​​the philosopher and philosophizing (Menone, Repubblica, Gorgia, Phaedrus, Teeteto); violence and justice (Gorgias); eros (Symposium); the way of research and criticism: Parmenides and the philosophers of Elea (Parmenides, Sophist). At the end of the evening, there will be speeches by some specialists of the philosopher.

When: 1st August - 31st August 2014
Where: Acropolis of Elea / Velia, Ascea (Salerno)

The Acropolis of Elea-Velia in Ascea

IV edition of the Process to history and myth

In the archaeological area of ​​Velia, in Ascea, the trial of Clytemnestra will be staged thanks to the organization of the leading experts in the sector, including constitutional judges, lawyers, chancellors of the Italian forum. Thus, the fourth edition of the Process to history and myth will be inaugurated.

When: 8 August 2014
Where: Archaeological area of ​​Velia, Ascea (Salerno)

September 2014

Peace Camp

It is a constituent project of the Universal Forum of Cultures and is organized every year by the Fundació Fòrum Universal de les Cultures. Thanks to the collaboration of the United Nations, every year around a hundred young people from ten cities around the world are involved that have been at the center of social, cultural, economic conflicts or who, on the contrary, have distinguished themselves for the dissemination of solidarity policies and development cooperation. Cities that, therefore, feel willing to share their experiences and manage local projects. There will be meetings with experts, interactive workshops and "Ex Campisti Reporters" (for the creation of a report by young Neapolitans on this edition).

When: 1 September - 30 September 2014
Where: Mostra d'Oltremare

Ori, silver, gems and enamels of the Naples Angioina, 1266-1380

This is an exhibition that exhibits the most important works of Naples Angevin and which will be held at the Museum of the Treasure of San Gennaro. Our museums and churches still preserve precious objects that belonged to those years such as the "masterpiece of the French goldsmiths of the court atelier of Charles II, master Etienne, Godefroy, Milet d'Auxerre, Guillaume de Verdelay, the reliquary bust of San Gennaro (1304-05) which is still today in the Chapel of the Treasure of the Saint ".
For the first time all these objects will be exhibited together to tell the Naples Angioina.

When: 1 September 2014 - 31 December 2014
Where: Chapel and Museum of the Treasure of San Gennaro

Festival of memory: the past seen with the eyes of the future

Curated by Ciro Cacciola, Director of MAV Virtual Archaeological Museum, the event will take place at the Public Park of the archaeological area of ​​Herculaneum. The inauguration will be held in mid-September, in the presence of the authorities and institutions, and the aim will be to raise awareness of the fundamental importance of our past in order to better live the present and not repeat the same mistakes in the future. There will be music and dance performances, dialogues, debates, exhibitions, film screenings.

When: twigs 17 September 2014
Where: Public Park of the archaeological area of ​​Herculaneum

October 2014

The Beautiful or the True. Neapolitan sculpture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century

The masterpieces of Neapolitan sculpture of the nineteenth century will be exhibited at the Monumental Complex of San Domenico Maggiore, divided into various sections: itineraries of Neapolitan sculpture of the nineteenth and early twentieth century (Angelini, Lista, Gemito, Belliazzi, Amendola, Jerace, Palizzi, Franceschi, d'Orsi, De Luca, Renda, Cifariello, Barbellam De Mattei, etc.); Jerace Collection of the Municipality of Naples; virtual tour of immovable monuments.

When: 2 October 2014 - 31 January 2015
Where: Monumental Complex of San Domenico Maggiore

Conference of Mediterranean Mayors

Organized by ANCI (National Association of Italian Municipalities), a meeting between the main personalities of the Mediterranean to discuss peace in the Middle East, Arab springs, equality and intercultural dialogue. The program is still being defined.

When: 1 October 2014
Where: Mostra d'Oltremare

November 2014 and December 2014

Currently, for these two months, the events scheduled are the aforementioned “Il Bello o il Vero. The Neapolitan sculpture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries "and" Gold, silver, gems and enamels of the Naples Angevin, 1266-1380 ".

General information 2014 Universal Forum of Cultures

When: from 1 May to 31 December 2014 (with some events in January 2015)
Where: in Naples, in the other provinces of Campania and in the UNESCO sites of our region
Programme: you can read the full program of events on the site of the Universal 2014 Forum of Cultures

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