Xanadu, also Zanadu, Shangdu or Shang-tu (
Chinese: 上都;
Hanyu Pinyin: Shàngdū) was the
summer capital of
Kublai Khan's
Mongol Empire, which covered much of
Asia and also encroached upon
eastern Europe. The city was located in what is now called
Inner Mongolia, 275 km north of
Beijing, about 28 km northwest of the modern town of
Duolun. The capital consisted of the square-shaped "Outer City" (2,200 metres square), "Inner City" (1,400 metres square), and the palace, where Kublai Khan stayed in summer. The palace was 550 metres square, 40% the size of the
Forbidden City in Beijing. The most visible modern-day remnants are the earthen walls though there is also a (ground-level) circular brick platform in the centre of the inner enclosure. Xanadu was visited by Venetian explorer
Marco Polo in 1275; it became fabled as a metaphor for opulence.
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XANADU [CAPITALE ESTIVA DI KUBLAI KHAN]. POSTO MOLTO BELLO
n. สถานที่สวยงามมาก (syn. paradise)
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