The Seven Saints square in Marrakech is located near the Bab Doukkala gate. Seven are the towers spaced about 20 meters from each other on the top of which there are 7 olive trees.
The seven saints of Marrakech are:
Sidi Youssef Ben Ali
Fall Ayyad
Sidi Bel Abbès
Sidi Ben Slimane al-Jazouli
Sidi Abdelaziz Tebbâa
Sidi Abdellah El Ghazouani
Imam Souheili
All these saints were great scholars in Islamic theology or great Sufi mystics. It should be remembered that the holy term does not refer exclusively to a person of faith who has performed miracles, but also to very pious people who during their life have done good to others, teaching morals and religion. The most important of these saints is certainly Sidi Bel Abbès, considered by the inhabitants of Marrakech as the true and only patron of the city.

The Medina houses the tombs of the seven patron saints of Morocco. The annual pilgrimage brings together thousands of faithful. The devotional circuit has an unchanging path through the Medina, from south-east to south-west, passing through the north. It always starts on a Tuesday and ends the following Monday, and every day a saint is visited. The “ziara” is made in this order: Sidi Youssef Ben Ali on Tuesday, Cadi Ayyad Benmoussa, entering through the door of Bab Aghmat on Wednesday, Sidi Bel Abbès on Thursday, entering through Bab Khemis, on Friday passing through Bab Tarzoud leads to the mausoleum of Sidi Ben Slimane, on Saturdays Sidi Abdelziz Tebbaâ, on Sunday it is Sidi Abdellah El Ghazouani’s turn and on Monday, passing through Bab Robb, the pilgrimage ends at the tomb of Sidi Souheili. According to tradition, these saints are believed to sleep alone and will wake up one day to resume their good deeds. A pilgrimage to the tombs offers an alternative to hajj in Mecca and the Medina for people from western Morocco who were unable to visit Arabia due to the arduous and expensive journey.

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