Book Presentation by Zina Zografou Karachristou

The Library, in collaboration with the Cultural Association “Ta Meteora,” invites you on Thursday, January 30, 2025, at 6:00 PM to the presentation of the book by Ms. Zina Zografou-Karachristou, titled “Families: Kalabaka, Donta, Zografou, Politicians and Painters in Thessaly from the 18th to the 20th Century.”

Ms. Zina Zografou-Karachristou is an Archaeologist-Historian from Karditsa who, after years of research, has delivered a multifaceted book divided into three parts:

• The first part focuses on the Kalabaka family, relatives of her mother from Kalabaka.
• The second part centers on her paternal ancestors from Samarina, iconographers Dimitris and Argyris Dontas, and Elias and Theofilos Zografos.
• The third part is entirely dedicated to her grandmother’s elder brother, Zois Donta Zografou, Nikolaos Dontas (1877–1940), an iconographer, photographer, and portrait artist with a rich body of work in Karditsa and other parts of Thessaly.