Antequera, Spain
3000 BCE
Illes Balears, Spain
11th century BCE
Toledo, Spain
11th century
Bohonal de Ibor, Spain
2nd century AD
Mérida, Spain
3000 BCE
Mahón, Spain
850 BCE
Coaña, Spain
400-300 BCE
Ourense, Spain
c. 75 AD
Toledo, Spain
0-100 AD
Castro de Rei, Spain
2nd century AD
Córdoba, Spain
3rd century AD
Algeciras, Spain
0-100 AD
San Amaro, Spain
2nd century BCE
Ibiza, Spain
650 BCE
Antequera, Spain
1800 BCE
Casas de Reina, Spain
1st century AD
Campoo de Enmedio, Spain
29 BCE - 19 BC
Bóveda de Mera, Spain
3rd century AD
Garray, Spain
6th century BC
Arellano, Spain
1st century AD
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.