{"id":1412,"date":"2011-09-12T13:51:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T12:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2011-09-12T13:51:43","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T12:51:43","slug":"the-italian-chapel-orkney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/1412","title":{"rendered":"The Italian Chapel, Orkney."},"content":{"rendered":"

Years ago I read a book about WWII, and it mentioned Italian prisoners of war building a chapel for themselves somewhere on the Orkney Islands<\/a>. The photos fascinated me, and I’ve wanted to visit it ever since.<\/p>\n

\nAnd because every time I sail on the Prinsendam I visit somewhere new, it was only a matter of waiting before I ended up visiting the Orkney Islands. I took a bus to the chapel, and spent about 30 minutes checking the place out. As you can see, 30 minutes is plenty! It’s no Vatican Museum trip.<\/p>\n

\nA nissen hut converted into a chapel by prisoners of war whose main job was casting concrete.
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\nSo instead of normal building materials for building a chapel, all they had was scrap wood, scrap iron, concrete and paint.
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\nThe first project was a St. George and the Dragon statue.
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\nInterior.
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\nIt’s like a mini Sistine Chapel, all painted by Domenico Chiocchetti.
\n\"It's<\/p>\n

\nHere are some other photos of my cruise around the north of Scotland.<\/p>\n

\nRainbow over Dunoon.
\n\"Rainbow<\/p>\n

\nThe Prinsendam by the Isle of Skye.
\n\"The<\/p>\n

\nThe Isle of Skye.
\n\"The<\/p>\n

\nSt. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney.
\n\"St.<\/p>\n

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\nI visited Edinburgh too, but I’ve not looked through the photos yet.<\/p>\n

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