T
I
L
E
K A S H A N –
O
F
B
E
I
G
A R D E H A L – N Y A S A R
E
QAZVIN
TEHRAN
REY
VARAMIN QOM
SAVEH KERMANSHAH
HAMEDAN TAFRESH
KASHAN SALAFSHEGAN
BORUJERD ARAK
ARDEHAL MARAGH
DELIJAN DORUD
NATANZ ABYANEH ARDESTAN
KHOMEIN
NAIN
KHORAMABAD
MEIBOD
ALIGUDARZ GOLPAYEGAN ESFAHAN
YAZD
KERMAN
SHIRAZ
KASHAN was formerly a superb antique city. Most houses are still earth made but damaged. The old borroughs are a pleasant medina-like dedalum.
ENTERING OLD BAZAR, KASHAN
KASHAN Bazar from rooftops
Huge marketplace compound. Sidebuilt courtyards & caravanserails give acccess to the main gallery Left : inner view of a side enterance ; Right : outter view of the same side entrance
An outter part view of the Bazar complex, from the courtyard of a side-built caravanserail. Domes Line embodies the main Gallery.
CARPET LABORS in a side courtyard : the freshly bluecoloured wool is drying. This will be knoted then, presumately by carpet « weavers ». Right : workers of the caravanserail.
IN OLD BAZAR, KASHAN
BAZAR OF KASHAN Inside the domes : superb voids supports huge carpet warehouses. The galleries length in longer than Semnan’s . Wool processing for carpets ( spinning, dyeing , weaving ) is still a prominent activity in the bazar.
TIMSHEH & FARSH Right : this recent Timsheh ( 19th century) is the most cosy part of the Bazar. This is wonderfully decorated.
IN THE BAZAR As most companies & owners decorate their buildings with mourning accessories in the occasion of Ashura, Hardware traders are very on demand before this celebration.
A GLOOMY WOOL-SPINNER in the bazar of Kashan.
PASSING KASHAN this picture is a picturesque caricature of daily urban Iran…
KASHAN the city from bazar rooftops
Ziyarat e Habib Ibn Musa : ( literally : Visit of habib son of Moshe) is the shrine of king SHAH ABBAS the 1st, but actually venerated as a saint man. The attached courtyard (not represented here) is some kind of commemorative cemetary, and I saw pilgrims near the king’s coffin. In one of the various sections of the courtyard, they store a Nakhl coffin presumately for Tazieh purpose.
MADRASEH AGHA BOZORG, Qajar era ( Kashan ).
« TABATABAE’I» HOUSE. Kashan is famous for superlative palace-houses of the Qajar period.
« BORUJERDI » HOUSE. Kashan is famous for superlative palace-houses of the Qajar period.
« AMERIHA » HOUSE. Kashan is famous for superlative palace-houses of the Qajar period.
BATHS ( « AMERIHA » HOUSE ) Every palace-houses have huge decorated baths in their basements.
EMAMZADEH ABU LOLO
STAIRWAY TO WATERFALL NYASAR VILLAGE, KASHAN
ABSHAR (WATERFALL) NYASAR VILLAGE, KASHAN
EMAMZADEH AZRADDIN MARAGHE’I Maragh, 40 km N-W of Kashan.
Deeper to the promising South : a meditative pause out of Kashan. At least small roads led me closer to the mountains. I detoured after seeing this cone-shaped dome in the silent village of Khoramdasht, on the Natanz Rd.
KHORRAMDASHT, on the Natanz Rd.
HANJAH an emamzadeh
zen wind.
MAZAR-E-SOLTAN ALI, in MASHHAD-E-ARDEHAL (2008 CE)
a famous emamzadeh 30 km west of Kashan.
MAZAR-E-SOLTAN ALI, in MASHHAD-E-ARDEHAL (2010 CE) the recent extension of the complex is obvious
MAZAR –E- SOLTAN ALI , In the occasion of Arbaeen, families visit the imamzadeh of Soltan Ali, Mashhad e Ardehal, Kashan province
KASHAN TO ABYANEH Natanz Rd through the desert.
KHARVEH VILLAGE, KASHAN PROVINCE
ABYANEH competes with Masuleh & Hawraman for the most picturesque village of Iran
I NSIDE ABYANEH The village is famous for a picturesque ascending parade during Ashura festivals. Here, there is also a zoroastrian Fire Temple and inhabitants, despite all are muslims, still respect some old zoroastrian traditions. After all, the village is a pleasant walk.
