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The italian chapel is a highly ornate catholic chapel on lamb holm in the orkney islands. It was built during world war ii by italian prisoners of war, who were housed on the previously uninhabited island while they constructed the churchill barriers to the east of scapa flow. Seen here is helen hume is the custodian of the italian chapel, lambholm, Orkney.