Italian Chapel or Queen of Peace Chapel, Lamb Holm, Orkney, built and decorated by Italian prisoners captured during World War II.


Italian Chapel or Queen of Peace Chapel, Lamb Holm, Orkney, built and decorated by Italian prisoners of war captured during North African campaign of WWII who were sent to Orkney to work on the Churchill Barriers. It was built on the site of Camp 60 out of two corrugated huts, and other items salvaged from the camp.


Size: 3709px × 4940px
Location: Italian Chapel, Lamb Holm, Orkney, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Jean Williamson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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