Among Topkapi's most magnificent treasures are its collection of jewels, like the 86-carat pear-shaped Spoonseller's Diamond and the elaborately decorated secret chambers of the harem.
Topkapi Palace
Imperial Gate
Topkapi Palace was home to the sultans from the 15th to the mid 19th century, and it once had a staff of 10,000. It is seated on the peninsula in Istanbul, overlooking the Marmara Sea, the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus.