The remains of the Roman town of Regina Turdulorum, found near the municipality of Casas de Reina in Badajoz province, form an extremely interesting ensemble, in a perfect state of preservation, with the forum and a 1st century AD theatre as its most remarkable features.
The Roman theatre was built in the age of the Flavian emperors, could seat one thousand spectators and was operational until the 4th century AD.
Meanwhile Regina's Roman forum preserves the foundations of some houses, civil buildings, porticoes and the odd remnants of paving or Roman road that transport you directly to this period of history. A porticoed templum with a small room dedicated to the worship of the emperor and the imperial house has also been recovered through different excavations, alongside which other buildings must have existed, such as the market and the basilica.
References: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.