Kashan Kashan is a city in the Isfahan province of Iran. Kashan is the first of the large oases along the Qom-Kerman road which runs along the edge of the central deserts of Iran. Its charm is thus mainly due to the contrast between the parched immensities of the deserts and the greenery of the well-tended oasis. Archeological discoveries in the Sialk Hillocks which lie 2.5 miles (4 km) west of Kashan reveal that this region was one of the primary centers of civilization in pre-historic ages. Hence Kashan dates back to the Elamite period of Iran.The Sialk ziggurat still stands today in the suburbs of Kashan after 7000 years. After world known Iranian historical cities such as Isfahan and Shiraz, Kashan is a common destination for foreign tourists due to numerous historical places.Kashan Province is renowned over the centuries for its ceramic tiles, potter) textiles, carpets and silk, Kashan is an attractive oasis town and also the birthplace of the famous poet Sohrab and the artist Sepehria. Kashan is also of interest for its connections with Shah Abbas it was favorite town of his, and he beautified it and asked to be buried here. There are a surprising number of things to see in and around Kashan, so it's an ideal place to stop for a day or two . Tabatabei House The Borujerdi House is a historic house in Kashan, Iran. The house was built in 1857 by architect Ustad Ali Maryam, for the wife of Seyyed Mehdi Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant. The wife came from the affluent Tabatabaei family, which Seyyed Mehdi fall in love with her and built this house for her. It consists of a rectangular beautiful courtyard, delightful wall paintings by the royal painter Saniolmolk, and three 40 meter tall wind towers which help cool the house to unusually cool temperatures. It has 3 entrances, and all the classic signatures of traditional Persian residential architecture, such as a biruni yard (exterior yard) and a daruni yard (andarun) (interior yard). The house took eighteen years to build using 150 craftsmen. Fin Garden A garden was made near the village of Fin by Shah Abbas 1. Most of the present garden, which is in good condition, dates from the nineteenth century. Approx 1.5 ha is enclosed by a high curtain wall with circular towers. Water is supplied by a spring and a qanat. The plan is a sophisticated charharbagh with grids of canals and paths. The canals are lined with blue-green tiles, a colour which contrasts wonderfully with the desert outside the garden walls. In her book on Gardens of Persia (2003, p 94), Penelope Hobhouse comments that the Fin garden can hold its own 'with the great gardens of the world'.But the Lonely Planet guide to Iran (2001, p 279) reports that some visitors are disappointed. The garden needs a restoration plan and could become a UNESCO World Heritage site. Donald Newton Wilber wrote (in Persian gardens and pavilions, 2nd edn 1979, p90): 'Fin merits close attention because it is an admirable example of the monumental royal garden, and because it is the very epitome of the Persian garden - this single example displaying all the most desired features and elements... The garden expresses a series of accentuared contrasts between the arid, inhospitable landscape outside the walls and the lush foliage within. Outside, water is scarce and precious; here it flows with superabundance to produce a dense jubgle of growth. The monotone of the landscape is replaced by the colors of foliage, of flowers, of blue tiles, of fountains, and of painted plaster and woodwork, Axial symmetry contrasts with areas of almost impenetrable growth. The plan of Fin calls sharply to mind the Persian garden carpet, for all elements of multiple channels, orchards, flowers, and pavilions are present in similar relationship. At Fin, all the channels are lined, sides and bottom, with blue faience tiles so that the very water seems bright and gay until it flows into one of the larger pools, lined with great trees. The largest pool mirrors the remains of the central pavilion, ascribed to Fath Ali Shah' The garden was repaired in 1935 and Wilber called for restoration of the central pavilion, which has seen been effected. Borujerdi House It is located on Alavi Street, district Soltan Amir Ahmad and was built by a businessman named Hassan Natanzi. The house appellation refers to the business and profession of Hassan Natanzi as he had great commercial relations with Boroujerd city. According to the inscriptions observed in back yard of the covered sides skylight, date of this unique construction refers to Qajar era, which is shown .١٨٧٣ on the inscription, it was finished in The house includes an exterior and two interior yards were all constructed in an area The exterior yard which is the most comprehensive house with an . ٣٥٠٠ of about has been more used for guests and their welcome and holding , ٢٠٠٠ area of ceremonies and parties and interior yards were mostly used by the family. Entrance way into the interior part, is a long sloped corridor which prevents direct view to the interior parts of the house. The corridor connects to the belvedere located on north of the yard. Behind the spacious belvedere there is a five-door room which has been the guest reception and three-door rooms are located on its both sides. External body of the rooms and the five-door room has been decorated by delicate artistic stucco (plaster modeling) of plants, flowers and bird designs. This part of the house has been more used in the winter for its good light-up and is ٣.٧m lower than famous as “winter stay” of the house. The exterior yard was built dimensions and in northeast- to- southwest ٢٠.٣٠*٣٠.٢٠ the alley level, with direction. A big pool is seen along the yard surrounded by symmetric gardens. The southern part of the interior yard which was used as the summer stay part, is the most important and beautiful part of the house and includes a high and pretty vestibule and semi-vestibule porch with two-story rooms and spaces surrounding it. In external view of this façade and on the sides, there are symmetric two-story three-door rooms and in the middle, there can be seen a high porch with a very beautiful elegant artistic stucco on its forehead and a unique amazing rhythm of sky lights on the round covered dome behind it and also windwards around it, form a proper elegant splendid composition which shows astonishing creativity, genius and artistry of its architect. Maranjab Desert Maranjab in the northern city of AranBidgol located in Isfahan province. This desert from north to Salt Lake AranBidgol, the West Desert Lakes issue and salt pond and dock Sultan Moreh, from East to desert sand dam and Desert National Park and the southern cities of Kashan and AranBidgol limited SialkZigourats Sialk is a large ancient archeological site near Kashan, Iran, tucked away in the suburbs of the city of Kashan, in central Iran, close to Fin Garden. The culture that inhabited this area has been linked to the ZayandehRud Civilization. The Sialk ziggurat has 3 platforms, and was built ca. 2900 BC. However, the earliest archeological remains of the north mound date back to the middle of the 6th millennium BC, i.e. about 7500 years ago. A joint study between Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization, TheLouvre, and Institute Francais de Recherche en Iran also verifies the oldest settlements in Sialk to date back to 5500 BC - 6000 BC. Sialk is one of four ziggurats built by the Elamite civilization. The other three are: ChoghaZanbil(1250 BC), the Susaziggurat (1800 BC), and Haft Tepe(1375 BC), all in Khuzestan. Sialk is the 32nd and most recent ziggurat to be discovered. What remains of this 5000-year-old ziggurat is not in a favorable condition like many other ancient ruins in Iran. At the site, there are actually two structures (necropolis) at Sialk situated several hundred feet from each other. The three platforms of the larger ziggurat however still remain in place. Not much remains of the smaller structure. The Louvre has also excavated a cemetery near the structures that have been dated as far back as 7500 years.What little is left of the two crumbling Sialk ziggurats is now threatened by the encroaching suburbs of the expanding city of Kashan. It is not uncommon to see kids playing soccer amid the ruins, while only several meters away lie the supposedly "off limit" 5,500 year old skeletons unearthed at the foot of the ziggurat. The site still remains to be registered as a World Heritage Site at UNESCO for protection. DashteKavir-Salt Desert Maranjab and Salt Lake AranBidgol a distance of about 35 kilometers northeast of the city of Kashan in Isfahan Province Dard.krdAranBidgol functions. The Salt Lake Desert to the north of the West Desert AranBidgol problem and Salt Lake dock and dock-day King of the East Bndryg Desert and Desert National Park and the southern city of Kashan and AranBidgol is limited. Maranjab has unique natural and historical attractions, such as sand dunes, salt lakes, wandering the island, Maranjab inn is hand cut and wells. Wandering Isle and into the salt lake is 10 km from the inn Maranjab Abyaneh Abyaneh village in the Central District city of Natanz in Isfahan province. The village is 40 km northwest of Natanz is at the foot of Mount Vulture. The village is one of the tallest residential areas in Iran.