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Felipe VI of Spain in Naples twenty-seven years after the Euromed Civil Forum

Exactly twenty-seven years after that 12 December 1997, Felipe VI, King of Spain, returned to Naples to receive an Honorary Doctorate from the Federico II University of Naples - on the occasion of the 800th year since its foundation.
The Secretary-General Michele Capasso, from Fez where he was engaged in institutional activities, recalled that "On 12.12.1997, Felipe, then Prince of Asturias, spoke at the Forum organised by the Fondazione Mediterraneo at the Mostra d'Oltremare, attended by the President of the Italian Republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro with 21 other Heads of State and 3,000 representatives from various countries: on that occasion, a very substantial impulse was given to the project of the United States of the World and Prince Felipe firmly supported the Fondazione Mediterraneo, bringing Spain's full support".
After receiving the award at the San Carlo Theatre in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella, Queen Letizia of Spain, and other dignitaries, Felipe Vi had this to say:
"Visiting Naples once again, a city so closely linked to the history of Spain, is always an intense and evocative experience, and it is also so for the Queen and for me on this occasion".
Before the ceremony King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia were guests of President Mattarella at Villa Rosbery.

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