Once Upon a Time, Marrakech: the city of Seven Saints...
How could something emerge from nothing? Even the tiniest heritage would certainly arise from societies knowledge and thoughts. Similarly, myths have undoubtedly an historical origine and reflect the full or the partial truth. Marrakech is so well endowed with myths and folktales that these are directly associated with its name: many refer to it as the city of seven saints as it is home to the tombs of seven brilliant scholars and Sidi Bel Abbas is often said to be the patron saint.
Built in the Saadian era, the mythologic ''Sidi Bel Abbas'' sanctuary contains the tomb of Bel Abbas(1130-1205) . It was believed that he had different strengths such as healing diseases. The most notorious taile about the holy man miracles, was the mysterious transformation of the calumnious letter sent by his opponents to the Sultan to disgrace him, to an appraisal and glorification words . Other stories reported that Sidi Bel Abbas is one of the spiritual guardians of the city.
Bel Abbas , pledged his wealth to charitable causes either during his life or in his will: currently, his sanctuary is a large complex composed of Madrassa (school), a hospital, a blind asylum , a homeless shelter and many others educational facilities.
The most revered pilgrimage shrine in the city lies in a square mausoleum in the corner of a large building with a pyramidal ceramic tiled rooftop and an arched gate opening through a courtyard with a centred plaster fountain.
Webography:
link 1:.https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaouia_de_Sidi_Bel_Abbès
link2.: https://archnet.org/sites/2846
link3:Michel Berthaud,Marrakech années 20 ,Croisée des chemins,1997
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