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.
Cats!
Lots of cats at the Saadian Tombs.
One last shot
To see most of the room.
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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
The building is composed of three rooms. They were all beautiful.
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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
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
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
A close-up of some of the garden plots.
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Saadian Tombs Garden
In the garden are the graves of soldiers and servants.
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Saadi Tombs
Heading in to see the Saadian Tombs.
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Next stop
We've arrived at our next stop. The entrance is in this kind of alley.
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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!
Ok, everyone is on board now. On to the next stop!
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On the bus
We were on the bus and had already started to leave when our tour guide realized we were missing over 12 people. We stopped to wait for them. It wasn't a terribly organized tour.
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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.