Neyasar
City in Isfahan province, Iran
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Neyasar (Persian: نياسر)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Neyasar District of Kashan County, Isfahan province, Iran.[5] It also serves as the administrative center for Neyasar Rural District.[6] The village of Neyasar was elevated to the status of a city in 1997.[7]
Demographics
Geography
Neyasar is in the northwest of Kashan County in the province of Isfahan. It is a Garden City because it was a small village and now it has become a city with many gardens. Neyasar is famous for Flower-Water Festival. This Festival begin in second week of Ordibehesht (first of May). In this festival people install pots and mixed flowers and water and then turn fire under pot after 13 hours steam of water moved to another container and then moved to the rose bottle. Many people from all around of world and from Iran gathered in Neyasar to viewing this festival.[citation needed]
Archaeology
Middle Paleolithic stone tools have been discovered in travertine deposits close to spring that date back to more than 40.000 years ago.[11] Niasar Fire Temple is a structure with a dome, above the spring of Niasar Village. It is believed to have been built during the reign of Ardashir I, 224-242 CE.[12]
Gallery
Chahartaq (architecture) of Neysar
Notable residents
- Hassan Shariati Niyasar, Shia cleric and politician
