One of the architectural attractions of the city of Lutsk is the Synagogue (also known as the "little castle"). Synagogue (Small castle) is a monument of architecture of national significance is located in the historical and cultural reserve "Old Lutsk" on the street Danylo Halytsky.

Lutsk Synagogue was built in 1620 and for a long time acted religious, social, and educational center of Lutsk Jews. The first known memories and studies related to the great synagogue in Lutsk, date from the middle of XIX century Volyn local historian and writer Tadeusz Sticky in 1876 wrote that this structure was built during the reign of Grand Duke Vytautas.

Initially, in the late fourteenth and the first half of the XV century, the synagogue was one of the fortifications of the ring Roundabout castle, hence its second name "the Small castle". To the brick building is a Small castle from the South-West side bordered five-tier square tower with loopholes. Towers and facades crowned with a Renaissance attic. In the very center of the hall stood four massive octagonal pillars that held the groin. Source fluorescent lighting have served a wide arched openings.

In 1942, during the occupation of the city by German troops, the synagogue was partially destroyed. For thirty years the preservation of monuments no one did. During this time she was slowly destroyed: the Western wall is almost demolished, dungeons filled with debris from the interior disappeared Bima, moldings and all decorative elements. Subsequently, the synagogue was removed from the list of monuments of architecture, ohranyalsya government.

In 1981, the synagogue together with the tower was renovated. In order to somehow protect the ancient monument was created by the project of transforming the ruins into a sports club.