Orkney's Italian Chapel: The True Story of an Icon

The story of Orkney's Italian chapel is one of the most inspiring of the Second World War. When 1,200 Italian prisoners of war, captured during the North African campaign, arrived in Orkney off the north coast of mainland Scotland, they were put to work building great barriers between the islands to protect Allied warships. Some said it was an impossible task, but from this adversity emerged the iconic Italian chapel on the tiny island of Lamb Holm, which was to become a symbol of hope for ...