Catanzaro, Italy
4th century BCE
Thasos, Greece
6th century BCE
Thasos, Greece
6th century BCE
Cattolica Eraclea, Italy
6th century BCE
Corfu, Greece
580 BCE
Termini Imerese, Italy
5th century BC
Ierapetra, Greece
1700 BC
Kandanos Selinos, Greece
400 BC
Lecc, Italy
8th century BCE
East Mani, Greece
5th century BCE
Tusa, Italy
403 BCE
Agrigento, Italy
480 BCE
Cassano all'Ionio, Italy
720 BCE
Ithaki, Greece
1300 BCE
Vittoria, Italy
599 BCE
Arcadia, Greece
7th century BCE
Policoro, Italy
432 BCE
Noto, Italy
8th century BCE
Sparta, Greece
5th century BCE
Maroneia-Sapes, Greece
6th 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.