4. Alti Gumbaz - Six Dome Synagogue

The Six-Domed Synagogue is a monumental building made of red brick, topped by six domes that symbolise the six-day migration made by Red Village’s founding residents having been given permission to settle here by Guba ruler HuseynAli Khan. These domes and their steeples are one of the main architectural features of Red Village. Two tiers of semi circular windows encircle the building. The brick pilasters on either side of the narthex are decorated with bas-reliefs depicting flowerpots and Stars of David.

The synagogue was built in 1888 by local architect Hillel ben Chaim. In the Soviet period, like all other synagogues in Red Village, the Six Dome Synagogue was repurposed and first used as a warehouse and then as a sewing workshop. Following the fall of the USSR, the building restoration work began in 1995 and the building reopened in 2001 as a functioning synagogue.