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The secrets of the seraglio will be revealed during your visit to this opulent Ottoman
palace complex occupying the promontory of İstanbul's Old City. A series of mad, sad and
downright bad sultans lived here with their concubines and courtiers between 1465 and
1830, and extravagant relics of their centuries of folly, intrigue, excess, patronage, dip-
lomacy and war are everywhere you look. Highlights include the huge Harem (private
quarters), impressive Imperial Council Chamber, object-laden Imperial Treasury and pic-
turesque Marble Terrace.
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