Bitola, North Macedonia
c. 350 BCE
Chaniá, Greece
2000-3000 BC
Reggio Calabria, Italy
4th century BCE
Bacoli, Italy
8th century BCE
Malia, Greece
1900 BC
Tindari, Italy
396 BCE
Pylos, Greece
1300 BCE
Corfu, Greece
500 BCE
Corfu, Greece
610 BCE
Thasos, Greece
7th century BCE
Marinella di Selinunte, Italy
7th century BCE
Locri, Italy
5th century BCE
Province of Matera, Italy
6th century BCE
Argos-Mykines, Greece
8th century BCE
Catanzaro, Italy
1st century AD
Marsala, Italy
397 BCE
Argos-Mykines, Greece
5th century BCE
Sparta, Greece
7t
Sparta, Greece
1400 BCE
Zakros, Greece
1900 BC
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.