1877, THE FUNERAL OF KONSTANTINOS KANARIS, Greek War of Independence Hero 1821, Le Messager D’Athenes Journal, Theodoros Deligiannis

The legendary admiral Kanaris said before he died that the only thing he had to give to the Greek nation was his heart. And he gave it. To this day it is kept in a lekythos in the National Historical Museum in the old Parliament. GreeAfter his death Doctor Ioannis Zohios removed Kanaris’ heart from his body. Immediately afterwards it passed into the hands of the sculptor Thomas Thomopoulos, who took care of its preservation. He made a silver lekythos, a vase to hold olive oil and a marble shrine to be protected. The shrine was given to the Navy Department in November 1929. Many decades later, in 1933, it was decided to display it in the National Historical Museum of Athens, where other important exhibits of the Revolution are located.

Theodoros Deligiannis (1820 – 1905) was a Greek politician, minister and member of the Greek Parliament, who served as Prime Minister of Greece five times from 1885 until his assassination.