UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural (and Comunication) Organization

1948 in Japan the UNESCO Clubs were founded. A Club UNESCO is an association which promotes the Peace ideals and improves people of different countries In 1979 some Italian clubs put togheter to found the Italian Federation of UNESCO Clubs and Centers

In 1983, in Reggio is established the new Club UNESCO made official in 1985 The first site is an unsmiling circular hall of the old Aragonese Castle that becomes a cultural centre in the city

Horse-terapy, pictures show, musical and poetic exhibitions. The Club becomes culturally and artistically important in front of the Citizen, and a succession of peace initiatives to renovate the castle (with human chains) begins

In 1995 the 16° national meeting of UNESCO Clubs and Centers takes place in Reggio The Clubs supports the introduction, in UNESCO World Heritage, of Gerace, an ancient town with a medieval centre

The Club coordinates a group of initiatives to improve different cultures which take place in our city. Art, crafts, music, theatre, dance, songs, cookery of foreign people who live in Reggio are showing to citizen. The biggest manifestation is by Romania

2000 Important Peace Manifestations with other Associations of our city 2001 “Comitato per la Pace” (Peace Presidium) is born It’s a cooperation of 30 cultural, environmental or pacifist associations, which operate in our area

In 2002 the Club presents a Photo Book about landscapes of the Aspromonte (the mountains of south Calabria) published with the patronage of the National Park of Aspromonte

Summer 2000: a delegation of Club visit EXPO 2000 in Hannover, GERMANY

Summer 2005: delegation of young of Club in learning languages project realized by Reggio’s Municipality in MALTA

in May 2005 Club joins the “Middle East Peace Initiative” in ISRAEL and PALESTINE

March 2007: the Club takes part a meeting about music in Trabzon, TURKEY

In Summer 2007 the president of Reggio’s Club is in Seul, South KOREA guest of the Peace Universal Federation

Conference and peace march with the participation of Lama Geshe Lobsang Sherab La June 2008

2008 Camps and cultural visits in Calabria

July 2009: the Club is again in Trabzon and Black Sea, TURKEY

In 2001 and 2006 in cooperation with environmental association Kronos of Reggio and the National Park of Aspromonte the Club organizes some trips in mountain, joined, by foreign people, artists and others.

…and then, the Show of Artists’ works

Photos: Club Unesco Archive First Approach by Vangelis (Direct, Polydor, 1988)