Italian Chapel, Catholic chapel in Lamb Holm, Scotland.
The Italian Chapel consists of two connected Nissen huts transformed into a religious building with detailed interior decorations and painted frescoes on plasterboard walls.
Italian prisoners of war captured in North Africa constructed this chapel in 1943 while building the Churchill Barriers during World War II.
The central altar features a Madonna and Child painting based on a prayer card that artist Domenico Chiocchetti carried from his mother in Italy.
The chapel opens daily for visitors, with Catholic mass celebrations scheduled on the first Sunday of each month from April through September.
The interior contains light fixtures made from corned beef tins and a baptismal font created from a car exhaust covered in concrete.
Location: Orkney Islands
Location: Holm
Inception: 1945
Creator: Domenico Chiocchetti
GPS coordinates: 58.88990,-2.88956
Latest update: May 27, 2025 11:35
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