Konstantinos Zappas
Konstantinos Zappas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Ζάππας; 1814–1892) was a Greek businessman who together with his cousin, Evangelos Zappas, revived the modern Olympic Games.[1][2]
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Zappas was born to a Greek family in 1814 in the village of Labovo in the Ottoman Empire.[3] After Evangelos Zappas died, Konstantinos took care of his cousin's legacy and the ongoing restoration of the Olympic Games. He was appointed manager of the Olympic Committee that organised the Zappas Olympics, the forerunner of the modern international Olympics.
Konstantinos donated to a number of Greek schools including female schools in Constantinople.[4] Zappas died in 1892 in Mantes-la-Jolie, France. After he died, the Romanian government took all of his assets in Romania causing a noted international law case.[5] The statues of Konstantinos and his cousin Evangelos are located in front of the Zappeion Culture and Exhibition Center in Athens, Greece.[6]
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Citations[change | change source]
- ↑ Young 1996, p. 109: "...two Greeks, Evangelis and Constantine Zappas..."
- ↑ Rühl 2004, pp. 3–16.
- ↑ Canner 2007, p. 186 (note 43) citing Vizoukidou 1947, p. 22; Sfetas 2003, p. 33.
- ↑ Ruches 1967.
- ↑ Young 1992, p. 183.
- ↑ "Zappeion Culture and Exhibition Center". 2007. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
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- Canner, Efi (2007). "Embourgeoisement, résaux sociaux et identités de genre dans les Balkans (Deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle): Le cas de Sotiria Cléoménous-Alibertis". Turcica: Revue d'études turques, peuples, langues, cultures, États. 39: 175–199. doi:10.2143/TURC.39.0.2033061. ISSN 0082-6847.
- Ruches, Pyrrhus J. (1967). Albanian Historical Folksongs, 1716–1943: A Survey of Oral Epic Poetry from Southern Albania, with Original Texts. Chicago, IL: Argonaut Incorporated.
- Rühl, Joachim K. (2004). "Olympic Games Before Coubertin". In Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D. (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 3–16. ISBN 978-0-313-32278-5.
- Sfetas, Spyridon (2003). "Το ιστορικό πλαίσιο των ελληνο-ρουμανικών πολιτικών σχέσεων (1866–1913)". Makedonika (in Greek). 33. Εταιρεια Μακεδονικων Σπουδων.
- Vizoukidou, P. K. (1947). Megaloi Evergetai tou Ethnous ek Voreiou Hepeirou – Oi Exadelfoi Zappai (in Greek). Thessalonica: Triantafyllou.
- Young, David C. (1996). The Modern Olympics: A Struggle for Revival. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-5374-5.
- Young, David C. (1992). "Greece and the Origins of the Modern Olympic Games". In Coulson, William D. E.; Kyrieleis, Helmut (eds.). Proceedings of an International Symposium on the Olympic Games, 5–9 September 1988. Athens: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Athen. pp. 175–184. ISBN 9780946897537.