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Rud Church is a long church, consecrated as Rud Chapel in 1917. The chapel burned down in 1969 so that most of the furniture was lost. The altarpiece and many others were rebuilt after that.

The Rue Buffault Synagogue in Paris was completed in 1877 by architect Stanislas Ferrand. This Neo-Romanesque stone synagogue is still in use.

The Rue Chasseloup-Laubat Synagogue in Paris was completed in 1913 by architect Lucien Bechmann. This Neo-Romanesque stone synagogue is still in use.

The Rue Sainte Isaure Synagogue in Paris was completed in 1907 by architect Lucien Hesse and restored in 1939 by Germain Debré. This brick synagogue is still in use.

The church in Rugsund was built in 1838 according to standard drawings by the architect Hans Ditlev Franciscus Linstow. The church was renovated, rebuilt and extended in 1911-1912. At that time, among other things, the tower was changed and Lars Kinsarvik carved and painted the altar, pulpit, font and wall decoration.

The monastery church is a single-nave flat-roofed hall church and with late Romanesque style elements a typical brick building. It is probably from the 13th century.

Rühn Monastery is a former Benedictine monastery founded in the 13th century. It became a Protestant convent for ladies from 1567 to 1756. The monastery was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War, but it was rebuilt and reintroduced to its function. In the 19th century, the monastery area became the private property of several noble families of Mecklenburg. After the Second World War, it was used as a shelter for war refugees, settlers and orphans. From 1950, a Jugendwerkhof (JWH) was established there, which was dissolved in 1991 and the buildings remained empty for almost 15 years. The monastery is now owned by an association.

The Ruhnu Wooden Church is the oldest preserved wooden building in Estonia. Its construction began in 1643, during the period of the Swedish Duchy of Estonia (1561-1721). The Stockholm Historical Museum (Historiska museet) houses a collection of glass paintings from the Ruhnu Wooden Church.

Built between the 12th and 13th centuries, it bears witness to the Anglo-Norman style. During the Revolution, it was sold as a national asset. It will then become a cotton mill, then will be sold to the Salvation Army a few decades later.

Rujan Monastery is a reconstructed monastery, dating back to the 15th century. It is the place where the first printing house in medieval Serbia was established. Possibly at the beginning of the 17th century, the Ottomans burnt down the printing house and destroyed the monastery. The surviving monks fled to the monastery Rača. According to a document from 1857, at that time there was almost nothing left of the monastery, except for a few stones. After the construction of the "Vrutci" dam on Cetinje in 1980, the monastery was flooded due to the formation of the artificial lake Vrutci. The monastery was completely renovated between 2004 and 2006 and consecrated the following year.