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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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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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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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Kasbaaf Cafe
I just liked the name, Kasbah Cafe.
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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…
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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 wai…
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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…