A serraglio (also seraglio) is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish household, from an Italian variant of Turkish saray, meaning "palace", "enclosed courts". In the context of the turquerie fashion, the seraglio became the subject of works of art, the most famous perhaps being Mozart's Singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Serail (serail = serraglio). The term can also refer to other traditional Turkish palaces (every imperial prince had his own) and other… (
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