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Italian Chapel

The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on in , . It was built during the Second World War by Italian prisoners of war, who were housed on the previously uninhabited island while they constructed the to the east of .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: chapel in the Orkney islands built by Italian prisoners of war
  • Also known as: “Italian Chapel, Lamb Holm”, “Lamb Holm, Italian Chapel”, and “The Italian Chapel”
  • Address: Lamb Holm
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Broch of Ayre and East Broch of Burray.

Archaeological site
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, also known as St. Mary's Broch, is an Iron Age broch in , . is situated 1¼ miles west of Italian Chapel.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 1¼ miles south of Italian Chapel.

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is situated 1 mile north of Italian Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Mary’s and Holm.

Village
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St Mary's is a small village in the parish of on , , Scotland. It was originally a fishing port. Orkney F.C., the island group's main football club, plays its home games at The Rockworks Community Park, St.

Locality
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, also spelled Ham, is a parish on . An adjacent Sound, running between Mainland, and , is named after . It has since been blocked up by the .

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Italian Chapel.

Italian Chapel

Latitude
58.88992° or 58° 53′ 24″ north
Longitude
-2.88943° or 2° 53′ 22″ west
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
9CCVV4Q6+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 181492569
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7627340
Wiki­data ID
Q2545493
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Italian Chapel” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Italian Chapel”
  • French: “Chapelle Italienne”
  • French: “Italian Chapel”
  • German: “Italian Chapel”
  • Italian: “cappella italiana”
  • Italian: “Cappella italiana”
  • Italian: “Italian Chapel”
  • Italian: “Miracle Of Camp 60”
  • Italian: “Miracolo del campo 60”
  • Japanese: “イタリアン・チャペル”
  • Japanese: “イタリアン礼拝堂”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det italienske kapellet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Italian Chapel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Italienske kapell”
  • Norwegian: “Det italienske kapellet”
  • Spanish: “Capilla Italiana”
  • Swedish: “Italian Chapel”
  • Turkish: “İtalyan Şapeli”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Camp 60 (Rockworks). Site of WW2 Prisoner of War Camp and Couse Point.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Italian Chapel”. Photo: Gregory J Kingsley, CC BY-SA 3.0.