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The treasury of a city whose only wealth is attention. A courtyard house in the style of Fez, green-tiled roofs over horseshoe arches, a fountain at the centre, and on the courtyard wall a great brass water clock that marks the Hours for the whole Cité. Fatima al-Fihri keeps the endowment here: the Rota, which allots every inhabitant and every guest a share of reading and records which stones were read, by whom and when. Hours are given here, not money. The ledgers are open to anyone who asks, a...
Located in Cité des Dames.