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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…
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Altar
It looks like there should be an altar in this space.
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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 pictur…
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Beautiful tombs
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More cats
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Outside
A nice shot of the outside of the building.
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Cats!
Lots of cats at the Saadian Tombs.
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One last shot
To see most of the room.
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Beautiful architecture
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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…
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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 contain…
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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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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 danc…
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Getting seated
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Pretty!
Almost as pretty as the palace!
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Entrance
Even the restaurant had beautiful tiling.
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Awesome!