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Eurowalk 2 - Point D - Italian Cloister Garden

Adjacent to St Andrews Roman Catholic Cathedral, on Clyde Street. The centrepiece is a memorial to the Arandora Star tragegy from WW2 when the liner, the Arandora Star, which was sunk while carrying mainly Scots-Italian civilians who had been rounded up from their homes, shops and cafes as “enemy aliens” in 1940.  http://www.italianscotland.com/index.php/cloister-garden


Photo: J.Wilson

There is a Panel to commemorate the Arandora Star tragedy on the Scottish Diaspora Tapestry: http://www.scottishdiasporatapestry.org/barga-panel4


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