Syracuse, Italy
5th century BC
Argos-Mykines, Greece
1600-1100 BCE
Rhodes, Greece
3rd century BCE
Capaccio Paestum, Italy
550-450 BCE
Corinth, Greece
9th century BCE
Epidaurus, Greece
4th century BCE
Syracuse, Italy
6th century BCE
Nesebar, Bulgaria
6th century BCE
Marseille, France
6th century BCE
Athens, Greece
2700 BCE
Calatafimi-Segesta, Italy
420 BCE
Ohrid, North Macedonia
200 BCE
Syracuse, Italy
3rd century BCE
Taranto, Italy
6th
Athens, Greece
c. 116 AD
Lindos, Greece
4th century BCE
Calatafimi-Segesta, Italy
3rd century BCE
Provincia di Agrigento, Italy
500 BCE
Sarandë, Albania
800 BCE
Berat, Albania
c. 314 BCE
Towering 52 meters above the sea, Bengtskär lighthouse is the tallest one in Scandinavia. The building started in in 1905 after the shipwreck of S/S Helsingfors and was completed in 1906. The lighthouse was designed by architect Florentin Granholm. On December a special petrol lantern, designed and built in Paris, was brought to Bengtskär and installed atop the tower.
German fleet bombarded Bengstkär in the First World War in 1914. Since the Gulf of Finland was heavily mined, it was not until 1919 that the surrounding seas were declared safe for shipping, that the light was lit again.
After the war the military value of Bengtskär increased as part of the defence system of independent Finland. In Second World War (1941) Soviet Union made a suprise attack to island. After a bloody battle, the small Finnish garrison emerged victorious. Intermittent repairs to the facility continued during the post-war period.