Toledo, Spain
0-100 AD
Salamanca, Spain
0-100 AD
Lugo, Spain
3rd century AD
Cartagena, Spain
2nd century BCE
Mérida, Spain
2nd century AD
León, Spain
200-300 AD
Alcúdia, Spain
123 BC
Vigo, Spain
0-300 AD
Córdoba, Spain
0-100 AD
Iruña de Oca, Spain
1st century AD
Medellín, Spain
1st century BCE
Alcántara, Spain
104 AD
Seville, Spain
68-65 BCE
Alicante, Spain
3rd century BCE
Mérida, Spain
c. 20 BCE
Alcántara, Spain
103 AD
Pedrosa de la Vega, Spain
350-400 AD
Ibiza, Spain
6th century AD
Torrox, Spain
2nd century BCE
Alange, Spain
2nd 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.