Saadian Tombs Marrakesh Morocco

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Myriam
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The beautiful Saadian tombs, which are also known as sepulchers date all the way back to the famous Saadian Dynasty when Morocco was ruled by Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur from 1578 through to 1603.

However, when an Alawite sultan by the name of Moulay Ismail rose to power a few decades after Ahmed al-Mansur’s death in 1603, he gave the orders to wall up the tombs so that the remains of Ahmed al-Mansur and his family could be kept out of sight and out of mind.

It was only in 1917 that the Saadian Tombs were rediscovered; a bit of a chance discovery which occurred while some aerial photography was taking place in the skies above Marrakech. Soon after they were discovered, a French organization, the Beaux-arts service, set about trying to renovate them to their former glory.
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