
Sleeping man
I thought I lucked out and got a photo of this arch all to myself. Well, there was a man asleep over there but, I was quiet and I got the shot all to myself.

Altar
It looks like there should be an altar in this space.

Door close-up
There was nothing around to tell us which member of the family was buried in which tomb. We all just wandered around taking pictures.

Outside
A nice shot of the outside of the building.

One last shot
To see most of the room.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Close-up
A close-up of some of the garden plots.

Saadian Tombs Garden
In the garden are the graves of soldiers and servants.

Leaving the restaurant
Our tour guide didn't give us a very good signal that we were leaving. Our table looked up and everyone was gone! There were dancers and music on the way out.

Pretty!
Almost as pretty as the palace!

Entrance
Even the restaurant had beautiful tiling.