Mattarella inaugurates Procida 2022: ‘Culture is peace, now we are experiencing terrible days’

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The president of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, visit Procida, the capital of culture. Some primary school children await the Head of State. A local lady offered him a lemonade, the characteristic sweet of the place, “the language of Procida”.

There will also be a Ukrainian boy, Glib, among the students who will meet the President of the Republic today. Mattarella will meet a small delegation of students from the Capraro inclusive institute and the Caracciolo technical institute-Da Procida Glib is part of the Ukrainian community that resides permanently on the island.

“Yup, culture is the engine of growth. It is pushed to openness, a multiplier of civil energies “. This was stated by President Sergio Mattarella speaking at the ceremony for the Capital of Culture Island. “It is an opportunity for comparison, respect for other people’s diversity. It is a search for innovation. Culture attracts tourism. And it makes this tourism more mature, more capable of knowing and appreciating and not just looking casually.” Culture does not isolate ” the motto you have chosen. This choice makes us understand that Procida has accepted the challenge “. “Culture is also synonymous with peace. Its authenticity lies precisely in the ability to promote curiosity that becomes understanding, friendship, coexistence, cooperation “. This was stated by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella speaking at the inauguration ceremony of Procida Capital 2022. Thus from Procida the Head of State Sergio Mattarella . “Culture – added the Head of State – rejects the claim of those who want to drag it into the whirlwind of war. On the contrary, it reaffirms its clear vocation for dialogue and peace “.”We live in terrible days. We are overwhelmed by images that we thought we had forever delivered to the archive of unrepeatable horrors on our continent. Instead, other innocent blood, other broken lives, other ruthless crimes are once again populating the abysses of inhumanity “. This was stated by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella speaking at the ceremony that kicks off Procida, Capital of Culture 2022.” The aggression against Ukraine, against the freedom and the very life of its citizens, by the government of the Russian Federation, constitutes a wound that affects the conscience of each and the responsibility of the States. The energy of culture must also help us to stop the war. Building peace is a commitment that recalls the deepest values, starting with the right of everyone to live in freedom, to choose their own destiny “. Thus the Head of State Sergio Mattarella in Procida for the inauguration of Procida Italian Capital of Culture .

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