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Herbalism Shop

A lot of these tours include a stop at a rug shop or perfume stop. The tour guide usually gets a kickback. This one was at an herbal pharmacy. It was interesting.

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Yum!

It looked so good but we couldn't stop.

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Back on the street

Walking to our next stop.

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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 pictures.

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Nice palm tree

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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 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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Tour guide

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

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Following our tour guide

The robe he's wearing is called a djellaba.

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