Paterna, Spain
1800-1300 BCE
Viana, Spain
3rd millennium BC
Logroño, Spain
2nd century AD
Zalamea de la Serena, Spain
550 BCE
Mahón, Spain
1000-750 BCE
Mendigorría, Spain
1st century BCE
Córdoba, Spain
3000-2000 BCE
A Coruña, Spain
300-200 BCE
Mahón, Spain
1000 BCE
Santacara, Spain
1st century BCE
Marbella, Spain
2nd century AD
Laguardia, Spain
1400-300 BCE
Guardamar del Segura, Spain
10th century AD
Las Cuevas de Soria, Spain
4th century AD
Totana, Spain
2000 BCE
Casares, Spain
2nd century BCE
Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain
3500-2000 BCE
Rionansa, Spain
18000 BCE
Peraleda de la Mata, Spain
3000-2000 BCE
Nules, Spain
1st 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.