- 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: 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 - Wikipedia
Xanadu may refer to: Shangdu, the summer capital of Yuan dynasty ruled by Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan a metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place, based upon Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's description of Shangdu in his poem Kubla Khan
- Xanadu (1980) - IMDb
Xanadu: Directed by Robert Greenwald With Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck, James Sloyan A struggling artist living in Los Angeles meets a girl who may hold the key to his happiness
- 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
- Xanadu: The Reality Behind the Legend - Historic Mysteries
The real Xanadu served as the summer capital of the Mongol Empire from 1274 to 1364 The city is located in the present-day Shangdu town, in the Zhenglan province
- 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
- 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
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