Shahreza is a city in and the capital of Shahreza County

Shahreza County

Shahreza County is a county in Isfahan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Shahreza. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 139,702, in 38,929 families. The county has one district: the Central District. The county has two cities: Shahreza and Manzariyeh.-References:* اطلس...

, Isfahan Province, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 108,299, in 30,368 families.

Situation

Shahreza is located 508 km south to Tehran and about 80km south west to Isfahan and Zard Kooh mountain chain runs from north-west to south-east of the city, enjoying a cold climate. It is an old city which was first named Qomsheh, but later on its name was changed to Shahreza due to the existence there of the shrine of His Holiness Shahreza. The most important tourist attractions are: Mahyar

Mahyar

Mahyar can mean one of several things:*Mahyar is typically a man's name, and translates as "great friend." Mah means great, and yar means friend. in old Persian used to be Mehyar....

 caravanserai

Caravanserai

A caravanserai, or khan, also known as caravansary, caravansera, or caravansara in English was a roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey...

, Shah Reza caravanserai

Caravanserai

A caravanserai, or khan, also known as caravansary, caravansera, or caravansara in English was a roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey...

,the Shah Ghandab caves,located south-east of Shahreza, the Poodeh mosque, and Shareza Imamzadeh. Other tourist attractions include the Amin Abad

Amin Abad

Amin Abad is small village south of Shahreza, in Isfahan Province near the border of Fars Province along the main highway No...

 caravanserai

Caravanserai

A caravanserai, or khan, also known as caravansary, caravansera, or caravansara in English was a roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey...

, a Safavid dynasty structure in Amin Abad, a village 42 km south of Shahreza.

History

It was one of the ancient territories of northern pars(persia) satrapy in B.C.
In the north of the county there is canion of orchiny(orchine) that the main Iranian north-south high way passes through. The huge castle of Qomsheh was the latest place before occupation of the capital Isfahan in the last of Safavid ages when Afghans

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

captured it.

External links

• Shahreza Basar – documentary film by Peyman Raei en Salar Rafiiyan about traditional crafts in the Shahreza bazaar