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Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral is known to have been the site of almost all the coronations of the kings of France since the 11th century. It was here that Clovis, the first king of the Franks, was baptized at the turn of the 5th and 6th centuries, an event retrospectively considered to be the foundation of the French monarchy. The current Gothic cathedral was built from the 13th to 14th centuries, on a site where cathedrals have been built since the 5th century. The building was severely damaged during the First World War, but has been rebuilt and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991.

The Rein Church is a cruciform church from 1932. After the demolition of the Rein church and the construction of the Rissa church, the old Rein church was greatly missed. The author Johan Bojer took the initiative and provided funds to set up a new church as similar as possible to the old one. He also set aside a fund so that the church building could be maintained. The church is also called "Bojerkjerka" in common parlance.

Reine church is a long timber church built in 1890. It was consecrated in 1891 and restored in 1923 and 1955. The architect for the church was Ole Scheistrøen. The church was privately owned until 1922 when the municipality took over as owner.

The Reinli Chapel is a wooden chapel built in 1965. The chapel, with a long church plan, was designed by architect Kolbjørn Sukke.

Reinli Stave Church is a single nave church (long church) from the 13th century or at the beginning of the 14th century. The church was restored in 1884–1885 and 1976–1977. During an archaeological excavation under the church floor in 1971-1972, coins from Håkon Håkonsson's reign (1250-1263) were found.

Reksteren church is a long church completed in 1937 in Tysnes. The architect of the church is T. Alvsaker.

The Cistercian abbey of Le Relec has been for more than 8 centuries an atypical place that you sometimes have to look for and that always gives the visitor who arrives there the feeling of arriving in an oasis, a little apart from the world. Far from the urban centres, sheltered from any human agitation, the Abbaye du Relec has been present on the territory of the Monts d'Arrée since the 12th century. The second Cistercian abbey established in Brittany, it is representative of the Cistercian ideals of that time. Today, the abbey-church of Romanesque origin but modified several times, the remains of the cloister, the ponds, the pavement lined with tall trees, the 18th century fountain and the old gardens surrounded by a deep moat, give the place a dual heritage identity: cultural and natural.

The home of the liberal religious community is the Rembrandt Chapel, located at Rembrandtlaan 20 in Soest. Four years after the religious community was founded, on 24 September 1925, the chapel was put into use. The chapel was designed by one of the then members, the Soester architect Jan Jacob Meurs. In order to use the building multifunctionally, a stage was built in and it was given the name building for "Religion and Art". In 1950, the chapel was provided with a bell tower. In 1952, the building was expanded and renovated. In order to make the building more widely usable, it was renovated again in 1994 and adapted to the requirements of the time. In addition to the activities of the liberal religious community, the building also accommodates other activities. The building has beautiful acoustics especially suited for chamber music ensembles. The Soesterkring makes frequent use of the chapel for its lectures during the winter months. It is also a grateful rehearsal space for several Soester choirs. The chapel is surrounded by a beautiful garden, which is maintained by its own members. Organ

Reformed Church (St. Remigius). Late Gothic pseudo-basilica with three-aisled nave and western tower. The first two tower sections 14th (?), nave 15th B or 16th A, choir 1440. In 1783 the stone vaults were demolished and the nave and aisles were covered by a roof. The wooden frames in the windows date from 1836. Spire 1783. Clock, cast in 1635 by Henrick ter Horst. Organ with main work and positif, built around 1780, probably by JJ Mitterreither. Purchased in 1971 from the Amsterdam Reformed Church. Restored that year and extended with a free pedal by KB Blank & Zoon. Mechanical tower clock Hms Braakman, Brummen, with inscription: HMS BRAAKMAN BRUMME FECIT 1851 NR. 3.

Reformed CHURCH (St. Remigius). Late Gothic pseudo-basilica with three-sided closed choir, nave and aisles under one roof and built-in, very monumental tower with string courses and traceried niches. The church is completely covered with cross-ribbed vaults and has pillars between the aisles and the nave. North of the choir the sacristy. Choir ca. 1400, nave and tower XV. Restorations in 1839 and 1955-1960. In the choir frescoes: apostle figures (XV A) and against the eastern wall of the northern aisle: Epiphany and two saints (XVb?). Conserved 1930. Inventory: pulpit (XVII), 21 copper wall chandeliers (XVII). Two-manual mechanical organ with originally an attached pedal, made by J. Proper (Kampen) in 1895. Restored in 1977 by the Hendriksen & Reitsma company. On that occasion extended with a free pedal that is not protected. Bell frame with the sound of two bells, one of which is from an anonymous founder, 1446, diam. 104 cm. and one of P. van Trier, 1612, diam. 138 cm. Mechanical tower clock, has been decommissioned.