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As the place where Kublai Khan rose to power, hosted religious debates and entertained foreign travellers whose writings gave inspiration down the centuries, it has achieved legendary status in the rest of the world and is the place from where Tibetan Buddhism expanded.
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Kublai Khan (23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizu of Yuan and his regnal name Setsen Khan, was the founder and first emperor of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China. He proclaimed the dynastic name "Great Yuan" in 1271, and ruled Yuan China until his death in 1294.
- 21 August 1264 – 18 February 1294
- Sorghaghtani Beki
Jan 13, 2023 · Xanadu is perhaps most famous today in the context of Coleridge’s poem. But what remains of this summer palace of Kublai, grandson of the great Genghis Khan?
- Bipin Dimri
It consists of an "outer city", and an "inner city" in the southeast of the capital which has also roughly a square layout with sides about 1.4 km (0.87 mi), and the palace, where Kublai Khan stayed in summer. The palace has sides of roughly 550 m (1,800 ft), covering an area of around 40% the size of the Forbidden City in Beijing. The most ...
- 25,131.27 ha
- 2020 (44th Session)
- Cultural: ii, iii, iv, vi
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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Sep 18, 2019 · 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 received lasting fame in the ...
Apr 2, 2020 · Kublai Khan’s portrait was painted after his death in 1294 and hangs in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. BRIDGEMAN/ACI. April 02, 2020. • 13 min read. When the fourth Mongol...
