to the salt lake beach and Maranjab Inn. The Karkas mountains are located behind the Fin Garden and the Tehran-Isfahan Highway. The most important Kashan souvenirs are cotton candy, pancakes, sesame, and rosewater. Kashan County today Although there are many sites in Kashan of potential interest to tourists, the city remains largely undeveloped in this sector, with fewer than a thousand foreign tourists per year. Qamsar and Abyaneh are notable towns around Kashan, which attract tourists all year around. The nearby town of Niasar features a man-made cave and fireplace of historical interest. Kashan is internationally famous for manufacturing carpets, silk and other textiles. Kashan today houses most of Iran's mechanized carpet-weaving factories, and has an active marble and copper mining industry. Ghaleh Jalali is not located in the centre of kashan. It is located on the edge of souther margin of the old wall of the city. As a matter of fact, the southern part of the wall and the Ghaleh (the citadel) join up and forms just one piece. Areas outside the wall used to be simply irrigated farm lands, but today is sporadically residential. Main sights Kashan's architectural sights include: Agha Bozorg Mosque Āmeri House Boroujerdi House Jalali castle Tabātabāei House Abbāsi House Attarha House Al-e Yaseen House Sultan Amir shrine and bath 40 Dokhtaran Fortress Shrine of Abu Lu'lu'a, the assassin of the second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab Fin Garden Sialk ziggurat Ghal'eh jalali Kashan Bazaar Timcheh Amin-o-dowleh Education Colleges and universities in Kashan include: Kashan University of Medical Sciences Islamic Azad University of Kashan University of Kashan Transportation Road 71 Freeway 7, located near the city Kashan is connected via freeways to Isfahan and Natanz to the South, and Qom, which is an hour drive away to the north. Notable people Sohrab Sepehri Ghyath ad-Din Jamshid Kashani Kamal-ol-Molk Mohammad-Nabi Sarbolouki Ustad Ali Maryam Muhsen Feyz Kashani Yedidia Shofet, Former chief rabbi of Iran and the worldwide spiritual leader of Persian Jewry. Uriel Davidi, Former chief rabbi of Iran and the worldwide spiritual leader of Persian Jewry. Isaac Larian, Chief Executive Officer of MGA Entertainment David Alliance, Baron Alliance, Businessman and a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Leading Islamic Philosopher and exponent of the Perennial Philosophy Sister cities Umeå, Sweden Kazanlak, Bulgaria Sabzevar, Iran See also Iranian Architecture Kashan rug List of the historical structures in the Isfahan province Sialk -