All about Zakynthos

"In front of the holy church of Agios Theophilos in the South Municipal Cemetery a special monument made of marble has been built in memory of the fallen during the Asia Minor campaign of Zakynthia.An inscription on the monument reads: "To the brave Zakynthian defenders of the National Idea who died in Asia Minor, their fellow citizen Ioannis X. Damiris reverently worshipped this column. November 1922". In his will, Ioannis Damiris bequeathed to the organized associations of the island his mansion located on the coastal road of the harbor. He also left a bequest to the University of Athens, in memory of his son Christodoulos, for a scholarship. "