Orkney's Italian Chapel is a Story of Inspiration and Compassion: An Italian Chapel in the remote Scottish Orkney Islands sounds like a bizzare occurence, but this little church on Lambholm is one of the Orkney's famous attractions. Orkney's quaint little chapel is the only reminder of Camp 60 where Italian prisoners of war were housed during an episode in World War II. It was built by Italian prisoners of war who were captured during the North African campaign and brought to Orkney to work … [Read more...]
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Orkney's Inspirational Italian Chapel
September 2, 2010 by Helen Page
Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: churchill barriers, italian chapel, lambholm, orkney islands, scapa flow, scottish isles
