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Your ticket to the Saadian Tombs grants access to a 16th-century royal necropolis that stayed sealed for nearly 250 years and was only rediscovered in 1917 via aerial photography.
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Walk through three mausoleums, a garden courtyard, and over 100 royal graves, with your audio guide explaining each space as you move through at your own pace.
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Stand inside the Hall of Twelve Columns, a 10-by-10-metre chamber rising 12 metres high, where Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur is buried beneath a ceiling of carved Carrara marble muqarnas.
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The marble columns here are exceptional: each group of three supports muqarnas arches also carved in marble rather than the usual wood or stucco, a rare detail your audio guide unpacks.
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Arrive at opening (9am) or after 4pm to move through the chambers without the tour groups that typically crowd the site between mid-morning and early afternoon.
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Your ticket to the Saadian Tombs grants access to a 16th-century royal necropolis that stayed sealed for nearly 250 years and was only rediscovered in 1917 via aerial photography.
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Walk through three mausoleums, a garden courtyard, and over 100 royal graves, with your audio guide explaining each space as you move through at your own pace.
-
Stand inside the Hall of Twelve Columns, a 10-by-10-metre chamber rising 12 metres high, where Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur is buried beneath a ceiling of carved Carrara marble muqarnas.
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The marble columns here are exceptional: each group of three supports muqarnas arches also carved in marble rather than the usual wood or stucco, a rare detail your audio guide unpacks.
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Arrive at opening (9am) or after 4pm to move through the chambers without the tour groups that typically crowd the site between mid-morning and early afternoon.
