Evangelos Zappas
Konstantinos Zappas
Zappas, Evangelos (1800-1865)
Portrait of Evangelos Zappas, Hlitsiou Efi, 2020. ‘Joseph and Esther Ganis’ Foundation
1. Report of the Olympia and Bequests Committee to the Ministry of Interior Affaris regarding the ceremony of placing the remains of E. Zappas in the building of the Mansion in accordance with his will. Athens, 8 July 1875. General State Archives, Central Service
2. Pelasgiotic Preamble by Anastasius Pykaios, editor of Pelasg(u- Fth)iotis. At the expense of the President of the Zappeian Olympiads, Mr. Evangelos Zappas. Constantinople: ‘Eastern Postman’ editions, 1862. Zosimaia Central Public Historical Library of Ioannina, Special Collection Purchase K. B. Economou.
3. Bill on the construction of the Olympiad establishment which will be called ‘Zappeion.’ The individual articles provide honours to Evangelos Zappas and gratitude to the executor of his will, Konstantinos Zappas. Athens, 14 November 1869. General State Archives, Central Service
4. Letter by Konstantinos Zappas to the Minister of Interior Affairs Andreas Avgerinos asking for the statue of Evangelos Zappas to be placed in the Olympia establishment. He proposes the sculptor Ioannis Kossos for the creation of the marble statue. Bucharest, 8 May 1864. General State Archives, Central Service
5. Royal Decree stating that the reverse side of the medal awarded to the participants in the Zappeian Olympiad will bear the inscription ‘Game President Evangelis Zappas’. Athens, 20 May 1870. General State Archives, Central Service
Left drawer
1. Parliament plenary minutes extract concerning the members of the Zappeion Commitee which manages E. Zappa’s bequest. Athens, July-August 1895. General State Archives, Central Service
2. Letter from the Rector of the National University to the management of the National Bank of Greece requesting payment to the University’s accountant of the amount provided for by the bequest of the late Evangelis Zappas, under the care of Konstantinos Zappas. Athens, November 12, 1874. Historical Archive of the National Bank of Greece
3. Letter from Konstantinos Zappas to the Governor of the National Bank of Greece requesting the payment of an amount in favour of the University of Athens in accordance with the bequest of Evangelos Zappas. Broșteni (Romania), 26 January 1869. Historical Archive of the National Bank of Greece
Zappas, Konstantinos (1814-1892)
Portrait of Konstantions Zappas, Kellis Antonis, 2020. “Joseph and Esther Ganis” Foundation
1. Portrait based on a picture on 6.50 drachma post-stamp from the Greek Post commemorative stamp collection
“National Benefactors” A (1973). Historical Archive of the National Bank of Greece
2. Extract from the minutes of the Hellenic Parliament on the construction of the Zappeion Mansion and the accompanying transmittal form signed by the President of the Parliament, Dimitrios Christides. Athens, 17 November 1869. General State Archives, Central Service
3. Konstantinos Zappas. Coloured lithograph. General State Archives, Central Service
4. Document of the Ministry of Interior Affairs informing the Olympia Committee (regarding the Zappeian Olympiads, not to be cofused with the committee of the Olympic Games) that the Cross of the Grand Commander of the Royal Order of the Saviour was awarded by Royal Decree to Konstantinos Zappas. Athens, 5 February 1874. General State Archives, Central Service
Right drawer
1. Informative document from the President of the Zappion Committee to the Parliament, regarding the amount of annual income from the Thessalian estates of the Konstantinos Zappas bequest. Athens, 10 July 1895. General State Archives, Central Service
2. Document by the Zappeion Committee to the Parliament referring to attached essays and reports on the Thessalian estates bequeathed by Kon. Zappas for the years 1892 to 1894. Athens, 18 July 1895. General State Archives, Central Service
3. Letter from Konstantinos Zappas to the President of the National Bank of Greece for the payment from his account of his participation in the Piraeus-Athens-Peloponnese railway business, as well as of the annual bequests of the late Evangelos Zappas to the Olympia and Bequests Committee, the National University and the Ophthalmology Clinic for 1883-84. Broșteni (Romania), 11/23 February 1884. Historical Archive of the National Bank of Greece
4. Letter of K. Zappas to the President of the National Bank of Greece requesting to credit an amount from the the Olympia and Bequests Committee, intended to pay for part of the Zappeion Mansion construction. Broșteni (Romania), 19 January 1876. Historical Archive of the National Bank of Greece
5. Letter by Konstantinos Zappas to the Minister of Religious Affairs and Public Education A. Avgerinos regarding the procedures needed to deliver his donations to the Committees of the Zappeion Olympiads and the Reinforcement of National Industry. Broșteni (Romania), 15 January 1880. Historical Archive of the National Bank of Greece
6. Letter from the President of the Association for the Dissemination of Greek Letters to the President of the National Bank of Greece regarding the payment from Konstantinos Zappas’ personal account to the treasurer of the Association. Historical Archive of the National Bank of Greece
