The Saadian Tombs built-in the 16th century as a mausoleum to bury numerous Saadian rulers. It was ‘lost’ for many years until rediscovered in 1917. The mausoleum comprises the corpses of about sixty members of the Saadi Dynasty. Among the graves are those of Saadian sultan Ahmad al-Mansur and his family.

It is located at the opposite end of the Moulay El Yazid mosque’s minaret, in a cemetery that supposedly also contains several graves of Prophet Mohammad’s descendants. Outside the building there is a garden and the graves of soldiers and servants.

Moulay El Yazid mosque adjacent to the Saadian tombs. Entrance to the tombs at the opposite end of this minaret.

Another view of the minaret.

Entrance to the Saadian tombs. A narrow passage way will lead you to the Saadian tombs.

The tombs within the roofed mausoleum.

Typical Moroccan mosaic tiles decorate the floor and walls of the mausoleum.

This would probably be tombs of infants and childrens.

Tombs within a ‘room’. Could be tombs of rulers.

Tombs located at the exterior compound.

More tombs in the courtyard.