Konstantinos Zappas

Konstantinos Zappas (Born: 1812, Lampovo, Epirus - Died 1892, in Manton, France), Greek Benefactor.

Konstantinos was a first cousin of Evangelos Zappas.

About 1835, imigrated and settled in Bucharest on his cousins invitation to became his assistant.

After Evangelos Zappas death 1865, Konstantinos inherited the income from the properties and was at the same time the executioner of his cousins will.

Konstantinos was instrumental in the construction of the "Exhibition Space" the Zappion Exhibition Hall known as Zappion today. The construction began 1874, under the supervision of the French Architect Francois Louis Florimont Boulanger (1807-1875), and was completed, after Boulangers death, in 1888 by the Danish Architect Theofilus von Hansen (1813-1891).

Konstantinos was himself a great Benefactor. In 1875, he build the Zappion Girls school in Istanbul. At the same time he financed the constraction of schools in numerous Greek villages, including Lampovo.

In his will, he left everything he owned to Greece.