Cold Synagogue, Minsk

Cold Synagogue
Yiddish: די קאַלטע שול
The former synagogue, in 1928
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Church (1570–1796) Synagogue (1796–1930)
Status	Closed; subsequently destroyed
Location
Location	Minsk, Minsk Region
Country	Belarus
Location of the former synagogue in Belarus
Geographic coordinates	53°54′16″N 27°33′11″E / 53.90444°N 27.55306°E / 53.90444; 27.55306
Architecture
Type	Synagogue architecture
Style	Romanesque
Completed	1570 (as a church) 1796 (as a synagogue)
Destroyed	1965
Materials	Masonry

The Cold Synagogue (Yiddish: די קאַלטע שול, Belarusian: Халодная сінагога) was a Jewish synagogue located on what is now Niamiha Street, in the center of Minsk, Belarus. It was not used as a place of study and therefore was not heated, which is why it received the name "Cold".^[1] The masonry synagogue was considered the oldest in Minsk.^[2]