SAADIAN TOMBS

Saadian tombs were discovered in 1917 by the department of Fine Arts and Historical Monuments, to whom we owe their restoration and management of access to both buildings.
The first building of the royal necropolis, known as the Qubba Lalla Masaoud was built by Moulay Abdellah on the grave of his father Sheikh Mohammed died in 1557.

Under the reign of Ahmed Al Mansour (1574-1603), this Qubba, within which the remains of his father, his mother (Lalla Masaoud) and his brother were also buried, was embellished and knew of widening works and decoration.

The building, shaped square, consists of a small chapel, a hall and two loggias. Everything is nicely decorated with great finesse in execution. The second building consists of three rooms named: Mihrab Hall, Room Room twelve columns and three recesses. It was built by Ahmed Al Mansour who intended to receive her latest royal remains.

The first room contains a mihrab covered with stalactites and arch and exceeded half rests on four pillars of gray marble framed by four columns similar. The oratory is divided into three naves by four columns of white marble arched or not. It is lighted by a lantern drilled to the west of three windows.
The room used as a mosque has received only Alawite tombs, especially that of the Sultan Moulay Yazid, who died in 1792. The central hall houses the tomb of Sultan Ahmed Al Mansour and those of three of his successors. It is topped by a dome supported by twelve columns of Carrara marble. The galleries surrounding the central square, the domes are covered with stalactites and a ceiling of cedar wood and painted gold