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Xanadu: Kublai Khans Fabled Capital - World History Encyclopedia Xanadu (aka Shangdu, Shang-tu, and Kaiping) located in Inner Mongolia, northern China, was first the capital (1263-73) and then the summer capital (1274-1364) of the Mongol Empire It came to prominence during the reign of Kublai Khan (r 1260-1294) and was famous for its palaces, gardens and waterways
Xanadu (film) - Wikipedia Xanadu is a 1980 American musical fantasy film written by Richard Christian Danus and Marc Reid Rubel and directed by Robert Greenwald The film stars Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, and Gene Kelly in his final film role
Xanadu | Fabled City, Kubla Khan, Poem | Britannica Xanadu, place in the opium-induced vision that English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge recorded in the poetic fragment “Kubla Khan” (1798) Coleridge’s fantasyland was based on Shangdu (“Upper Capital”), near present-day Duolun in Inner Mongolia, to which the real Kublai Khan moved the seat of Mongol
Kubla Khan | The Poetry Foundation In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea And…
The Site of Xanadu — Yuan Dynasty Summer Capital The Yuan Dynasty capital site of Xanadu (Shangdu) exhibits nomadic Mongolian and Han Chinese cultures and Kublai Khan’s history Find travel info here
Site of Xanadu - UNESCO World Heritage Centre North of the Great Wall, the Site of Xanadu encompasses the remains of Kublai Khan’s legendary capital city, designed by the Mongol ruler’s Chinese advisor Liu Bingzhdong in 1256 Over a surface area of 25,000 ha, the site was a unique attempt to assimilate the nomadic Mongolian and Han Chinese cultures
Xanadu: Rethinking a misunderstood masterpiece - BBC Released 40 years ago, disastrous disco musical Xanadu has a legacy that still endures But why, asks Catherine Bray The film opens on a simple shot of a sign that says "No trespassing" We
Site of Xanadu | Shangdu Xilingol, Inner Mongolia - China Discovery The Site of Xanadu (元上都遗址), the birthplace and the former capital of the Yuan Dynasty, is adjacent to the Shangdu River in the south and Longgang Mountain in the north, surrounded by the vast Jinlianchuan Grassland, forming a layered and radial distribution with the palace ruins as the center