Saadian Tombs
The Saadian Shrine is one of the most famous shrines in Morocco and one of the historical monuments of Marrakesh .
It is located in the Qasiba and was closed until the time of protection, where it was discovered as a historical landmark.
It was built in 1557 by Sultan Abdullah Al-Ghalib and expanded by Sultan Ahmed Al-Mansour .
This mausoleum houses most of the Saadian sultans and their families.
The shape of this funerary complex was influenced by the tombs and mausoleums of the Marinid dynasty located in Fez and Shallah . The ornaments of gypsum, zellij, those engraved on wood, and all the other decorations in the landmark refer to the previous Moroccan-Andalusian artistic creations, especially those dating back to the Nasrid period in Granada where muqarnas decorations are widespread, while the wall decorations present formations that were common in use during the Marinid period, and it can be said that Saadi art is part of the Andalusian tradition, although it was originally purely Moroccan.
The first nucleus of the cemetery was constructed by Sultan Abdullah al-Ghalib in 1557 to house the tomb of Muhammad al-Sheikh, the founder of the Saadia state . His son also built a dome, where he will be buried in 1574 . After that, Sultan Ahmed Al-Mansour Al-Dhahabi undertook the work of expanding and decorating the mausoleums, and he, his father, his mother, Lalla Masouda, and his brother were buried in addition to many members of the Sultan's family.
Access to it was through a door connecting it to the nearby mosque built by the Almohad Sultan Yaqoub al-Mansour, but since the beginning of the twentieth century, when this funerary complex was discovered in 1917 by the Department of Fine Arts and Historical Buildings, a corridor was set up in the south-west corner leading to the cemetery Where there is a large square surrounded by many halls and bordered on the south and east sides by an inner wall supported by towers.
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