Known as the Italian Chapel, it was built by the detainees during their time on the islands and it is now one of Orkney's ...

On a tiny uninhabited island connected to the Orkney mainland lies the ... there is a beautiful little Roman Catholic chapel that was built by Italian prisoners of war in 1943.

An Italian Chapel may be a rather strange thing to ... the area of water surrounding the Orkney Islands, and sank the British ship HMS Royal Oak, causing the deaths of 834 British soldiers.

The Italian Chapel ... serve as causeways that link the islands by road. From the Churchill Barriers, look west across Scapa Flow and another major piece of Orkney’s wartime history can be ...

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A regular visitor to the islands, Antonella Papa said she was moved by the story of the chapel which was created by Italian PoWs who were held in Orkney during World War Two.

Full-time custodians are to be appointed for the tiny Roman Catholic church on the uninhabited island ... of Orkney’s top visitor attractions. Gary Gibson, chairman of the Italian Chapel ...

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