The bazaar of Kashan is one of the most beautiful in Iran. It has many other interesting buildings inside it, like mosques, caravanserais, water storages and of course the fantastic mill you see on the picture above. The miller, when he's not working, is standing in the streets of the bazaar, getting tourists' attention for his mill (and a few rials).
The Borujerdis Old House is a 19th century merchant house. The building itself is a masterpiece and so are the paintings inside by the famous Iranian painter Kamal ol-Molk. The house is famous for its bad-girs, towers designed to lead the high winds to streetlevel, thus keeping the temperature low: very useful in the hot desert.
We mentioned the rosewater before. The famous rosefields of Qamsar are near to Kashan, so you'll see rosewater stalls everywhere. This is one of the stalls, just outside of the Fin gardens. Rosewater is used in a lot of Iranian desserts, but the spaghetti-like ice cream is our favorite.
We asked this man if his name was Lulletje, but very predictable he didn't understand this Dutch joke. It doesn't translate very good in English and we didn't even try it in Farsi.
The Shahzadeh shrine is maybe the only Islamic building in Iran with a pointy roof instead of a dome.
The Fin gardens are one of the highlights of Kashan. This garden, with pools and fountains among fruit trees, has a wonderful lazy atmosphere. The fountains get their water from a natural spring. After flowing through the gardens, the water is used as drinkingwater.
Kashan's architectural sights include:
- Agha Bozorg Mosque.
- Boroujerdi ha Residence.
- Tabatabaie Residence
- Ameri-Ha (Amerian) House
- Abbasian House
- Sharifian House
- Al-e-Yaseen House
- Sultan Amir shrine and bath
- 40 Dokhtaran Fortress
- Pirouz Nahavandi/Abu-Lu'lu'ah Shrine (the assassin of Islam's second Caliph)
- Fin Garden
- Sialk ziggurat
- Ghal'eh jalali
- Kashan Bazaar
- Timcheh Amin-o-dowleh
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