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The church of Rõngu was probably built at the end of the 14th century, the church being mentioned for the first time in written sources in 1413. The church suffered several times during several wars (Northern War, Livonia War) and lost its original architectural appearance during the restorations. In 1702, the Cossacks burnt down the church and only the walls of the church remained. The church obtained its current neo-gothic style during the reconstructions designed by Rudolf von Engelhardt in 1900-1901.

The Roonstraße Synagogue in Köln is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1899, restored in 1959. This Neo-Romanesque stone building still serves as a synagogue.

Even though the fortified church in Roşia still bears the marks of the past, it also keeps several elements of the initial 13th century Romanesque basilica: the chancel, the triumphal arch, the piers between the main nave and the side aisles, as well as the clerestory windows. The church was fortified during the 16th century, and two centuries later the majority of the windows were built, as well as the church’s western entrance hall. The nave was covered with a vault buttressed by piers with capitals during the 19th century. The interior is dominated by a remarkable Biedermeier style painting above the triumphal arch. Greatly ornamental are the 1682 Baroque altar featuring six Corinthian columns and canopy, as well as the pulpit canopy from 1781.

Roskilde Cathedral is one of the most important religious buildings in Denmark because of its unique architecture and its link to Danish history. The cathedral was built in the 12th and 13th centuries in a Gothic brick style, one of the earliest examples in Scandinavia. The cathedral has housed the tombs of the royal family for centuries. The building was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1995.

The Rossabø church is a modernist church from 1972. The church is built of cast-in-place concrete and belongs to the style of brutalism. It is a 'working church', i.e. a church that, in addition to the parish hall, has other rooms related to the work of the congregation. These are, for example, the parish houses, the offices of the church employees.

The cathedral of Rossano was built in the 11th century, with subsequent interventions in the 18th and 19th centuries. The bell tower and the baptismal font date back to the 14th century. The cathedral is famous for its ancient image of the Madonna Acheropita, that is not painted by human hand, probably dating from between 580 and the first half of the 8th century.

The Rossfjord church is a wooden church that was built in 1822. The church has a cross-shaped plan and was designed by an unknown architect. When a new church was built in Lenvik, the building was dismantled and moved to its present location in Rossfjordstraumen in 1885 where it was rebuilt.

One of Scotland's most remarkable buildings, Rosslyn Chapel has been in the ownership of our family since its foundation in 1446 and is still used today as a place of worship. Work started on this amazing building in the mid 15th century. It was to be a cruciform church with a central tower, part of the college set up by William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney.

The small Romanesque hall church erected in the 13th Century with square chancel, apse and western tower was fortified in the 15th Century. The walls of the tower were strengthened and a parapet walk was built and it was provided two centuries later with a mighty machicolation. Even the curtain wall with loopholes and machicoulis was built in the first fortification phase. No remains have been preserved from its gate tower and the parish house later replaced the eastern side. The roof of the tower is inspired from the bell tower of the Black Church in Brasov and was built after a fire in 1738. The chancel with domical vault and the nave with flat ceiling are furnished in Baroque style. Valuable are the backless benches of the women whose beams are joined together with a single dovetail and the clock built by the company Zachariä from Leipzig, which was impeccably maintained. The clock got lost when the tower collapsed in february 2016.

The Rotnes church is a wooden church built in 2016, designed by the architectural firm L2. The church has the particularity of having a digital organ.