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Saadian Tombs

Royal necropolis of the Saadian dynasty, from the 16th century, next to the Kasbah Mosque. The sultan Ahmad al-Mansur renovated the pantheon and built the main mausoleum, with the Hall of Twelve Columns in Carrara marble, gilded cedar ceilings and carved stucco. They were walled up by Moulay Ismail and rediscovered in 1917, when they were spotted from an aeroplane. In the garden there are hundreds of tombs of soldiers and servants beneath tiles.

Things to do at Saadian Tombs: 2 missions

• Walk through the garden of tombs beneath the tilesStroll through the garden with its aligned tombs and small tile mosaics, and think about the centuries it stayed hidden until 1917.
• Take in the Hall of Twelve ColumnsGo into the main mausoleum and look at the twelve marble columns, the gilded ceiling and the stucco. Observe the detail of the sultans' tombs beneath the dome.

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Source: OpenStreetMap