page_title: Kashan
section_title: Main sights
hierarchical_section_title: Kashan / Main sights
caption_attribution_description: Español: Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán English: Fin Garden, Kashan, Iran
context_page_description: Kashan is a city in the northern part of Isfahan province, Iran. At the 2017 census, its population was 396,987 in 90,828 families.
  Some etymologists argue that the city name comes from the Kasian, the original inhabitants of the city, whose remains are found at Tapeh Sialk dating back 9,000 years; later this was changed to "Kashian", hence the town name. Between the 12th and the 14th centuries Kashan was an important centre for the production of high quality pottery and tiles. In modern Persian, the word for a tile comes from the name of the town.
  Kashan is divided into two parts, mountainous and desert. In the west side, Kashan is cited in the neighbourhood of two of highest peaks of Karkas chain, Mount Gargash to the southwest of Kashan and Mount Ardehaal in the west of Kashan, also known as "Damavand of Kashan" and the highest peak of Ardehaal mountains.
  In the east side of the city Kashan opens up to the central desert of Iran. Kashan is also known for Maranjab Desert and Caravanserai located near the namak lake. Today Maranjab and the surrounding Shifting Sands is a visitor destination at the weekends for safaris.
context_section_description: Kashan's architectural sights include:
  40 Dokhtaran Fortress
  Abbāsi House
  Attarha House
  Al-e Yaseen House
  Agha Bozorg Mosque
  Āmeri House
  Bazaar of Kashan
  Boroujerdi House
  Fin Garden
  Fin Bathroom
  Ghal'eh jalali
  Jalali Castle
  Jameh Mosque of Kashan
  Manouchehris House
  Menar tower
  Meydan Mosque
  Piruz Nahavandi Shrine (the assassin of Islam 's second Caliph)
  Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse
  Tabātabāei House
  Tabriziha Mosque
  Tepe Sialk
  Timcheh Amin-o-dowleh
caption: Bagh-e Fin.
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