Epidaurus, Greece
4th century BCE
Corinth, Greece
7th century BCE
Argos-Mykines, Greece
1300-1250 BCE
Kameiros, Greece
6th century BCE
Athens, Greece
570 BCE
Rhodes, Greece
408 BCE
Phaistos, Greece
2000 BC
Oichalia, Greece
450-400 BCE
Argos-Mykines, Greece
1400-1200 BCE
Messini, Greece
369 BCE
Fier, Albania
588 BCE
Solin, Croatia
7th century BCE
Ialysos, Greece
3rd century BCE
Thasos, Greece
6th century BCE
Górtyn, Greece
3200 BC
Palazzolo Acreide, Italy
663 BCE
Ascea, Italy
538-535 BCE
Bernalda, Italy
8th century BCE
Argos-Mykines, Greece
320 BCE
Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts, France
2nd century 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.