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13-519: Serail may refer to: Saray (building) , an administrative building (from Turkish saray , meaning palace) Saray (harem) , a building or buildings for a harem (also from Turkish saray , meaning palace) Grand Serail of Aleppo Grand Serail in Beirut Die Entführung aus dem Serail , 1782 singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sérail , 1976 French movie Topics referred to by

26-440: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Saray (building) A seraglio , serail , seray or saray (from Persian : سرای , romanized :  sarāy , lit.   'palace', via Turkish , Italian and French ) is a castle , palace or government building which was considered to have particular administrative importance in various parts of

39-568: Is spelled serraglio . It may refer to a wall or structure, either for defence — such as the Serraglio of Villafranca di Verona , a defensive wall built by the Scaligeri — or for containment, for example of caged wild animals. The ghettoes established in many Italian cities following the promulgation by Pope Paul IV in 1555 of the papal bull Cum nimis absurdum were initially called serraglio degli ebrei , lit.   ' enclosure of

52-513: Is the headquarters of the prime minister . It is situated atop a hill in downtown Beirut a few blocks away from the Lebanese Parliament. The hill was the site of an Ottoman army base from the 1840s, which was built up, fortified, and expanded in the 1850s. At first it was known as al quishla , from the Turkish word kışla , meaning barracks. Other examples include: In modern Italian the word

65-828: The Austrian army, which concluded the Second Italian Independence War . Nearby was the site of the Battle of Custoza , during the Third War of Italian Independence . Villafranca has an important commercial tradition: every Wednesday morning in the city center there is an important market. Agriculture is specialized in fruit, and as a consequence of this, Villafranca owns an important trade market for peaches. As for gastronomy, typical of this town are taiadele coi fegadini (tagliatelle in broth with liver of chicken), and sfogliatine , fragrant doughnuts prepared by many pastries in

78-765: The Italian term. Since the Topkapı Palace's harem (commonly known as "The Seraglio harem" ) grew in prominence and fame, the term saray/serail/seraglio began also being commonly used as a synonym of harem , the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in an Ottoman household. Besides the Topkapı Palace ("The Seraglio"), the most famous seray is the Grand Serail of Beirut ( Arabic : السراي الكبير , romanized :  Al-Sarāy al-Kabir ) in Lebanon, which

91-601: The Jews ' . Seraglio is also the name of the artificial island on which Mantua is located. In the context of the turquerie fashion, the seraglio became the subject of works of art, the most famous perhaps being Mozart's 1782 Singspiel , Die Entführung aus dem Serail ( The Abduction from the Seraglio ), based on Christoph Friedrich Bretzner 's 1781 libretto Belmont und Constanze, oder Die Entführung aus dem Serail ( Belmonte and Konstanze, or The Abduction from

104-520: The Seraglio ). In Montesquieu's 1721 Persian Letters , one of the main characters, a Persian from the city of Isfahan , is described as an occupant of a seraglio. Saraya is also used as a military unit title in the Arab world. In this case the Arabic is سرية , a different word from "saraya" ( السرايا ) as in a building. The etymology is also different from the building: سرية is from Arabic and communicates

117-573: The ancient Via Postumia and the perpendicular intersection structure of its roads suggests that the city had Roman origins. In the Middle Ages, in occasion of the foundation of the Rectors' Council of Verona, on March 9, 1185, it received the privilege of a tax free town, from which derived the name of villa franca . It was the site of the signature of the Treaty of Villafranca , between Napoleon III and

130-678: The former Ottoman Empire . "The Seraglio" may refer specifically to the Topkapı Palace , the residence of the former Ottoman sultans in Istanbul (known as Constantinople in English at the time of Ottoman rule). The term can also refer to other traditional Turkish palaces (every imperial prince had his own) and other grand houses built around courtyards. The term seraglio , from Italian , has been used in English since 1581. The Italian Treccani dictionary gives two derivations: The term may also be spelt serail , via French influence, based on

143-584: The idea of a "private group". However the plural is سرايا ( saraya ), indistinguishable from the term "saraya" which is a variant (in the singular) of saray (the building). The normal translation for سرية is company ( military unit ), but in the case of the Lebanese Resistance Saraya the term is often arbitrarily translated as brigades . Another example is the Syrian Defense Saraya . Villafranca di Verona The position on

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156-456: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Serail . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serail&oldid=1236977795 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Turkish-language text Short description

169-567: The town. Verona Airport "Valerio Catullo" is located in Villafranca di Verona. Verona Airport and Brescia Airport "Gabriele D'Annunzio" constitute the "Garda's Airport System." Air Dolomiti , a regional airline and Lufthansa subsidiary, maintains its head office in Dossobuono , Villafranca di Verona. At one time the airline's registered office was in Dossobuono, Villafranca di Verona, while

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