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Beautiful tombs — Beautiful tombs

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More cats — More cats

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Outside — Outside

A nice shot of the outside of the building.

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Cats! — Cats!

Lots of cats at the Saadian Tombs.

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One last shot — One last shot

To see most of the room.

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Beautiful architecture — Beautiful architecture

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Infinite patterns — Infinite patterns

There are an infinite number of patterns you can create with zellige tilework. The process has not changes in a millenia.

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Multi-rooms — Multi-rooms

The building is composed of three rooms. They were all beautiful.

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The tombs — The tombs

The tombs date back from the time of the sultan Ahmad al-Mansur (1578-1603). They were discovered in 1917 and were restored by the Beaux-arts service.

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Wide twelve columns — Wide twelve columns

You can see more of the room of the twelve columns in this shot and in color.

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Room of the twelve columns — Room of the twelve columns

The Saadian Tombs has interments of 60 members of the Saadi Dynasty. The room of the twelve columns is the most famous. It contains the sultan's son, Ahmad al-Mansur.

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Close-up — Close-up

A close-up of some of the garden plots.

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Saadian Tombs Garden — Saadian Tombs Garden

In the garden are the graves of soldiers and servants.

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Tour guide — Tour guide

Our tour guide, Najit, is telling us all about the Saadian tombs.

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Following our tour guide — Following our tour guide

The robe he's wearing is called a djellaba.

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Saadi Tombs — Saadi Tombs

Heading in to see the Saadian Tombs.

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Next stop — Next stop

We've arrived at our next stop. The entrance is in this kind of alley.

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Kasbaaf Cafe — Kasbaaf Cafe

I just liked the name, Kasbah Cafe.

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Koutoubia Minaret — Koutoubia Minaret

The Koutoubia mosque is the largest mosque in Marrakesh. The minaret is topped by four gold orbs that have many legends associated with them. One of the legends is that they were once made of solid gold.

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Ready to go! — Ready to go!

Ok, everyone is on board now. On to the next stop!

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