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Exterior of Xanadu House in Kissimmee, Florida, 2004 Abandoned sign in Hunter's Creek, Florida, 2014 By the early 1990s, the Xanadu houses began to lose popularity because the technology they used was quickly becoming obsolete, and as a result the houses in Wisconsin and Tennessee were demolished, while the Xanadu House in Kissimmee continued ...
Xanadu is the fictional estate of Charles Foster Kane, the title character of the film Citizen Kane (1941). The estate derives its name from the ancient city of Xanadu , known for its splendor. Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California , has been considered to be the main inspiration for Xanadu, due to the William Randolph Hearst /Kane comparison ...
In a mansion called Xanadu, part of a vast palatial estate in Florida, the elderly Charles Foster Kane is on his deathbed. Holding a snow globe , he utters his last word, "Rosebud", and dies. A newsreel obituary tells the life story of Kane, an enormously wealthy newspaper publisher and industry magnate.
The body of missing Florida girl Madeline Soto was found in a wooded area Friday afternoon, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said, hours after the department said they believed the 13-year-old ...
The deputy, who was wearing body armor, suffered injuries that are not considered life-threatening, the sheriff’s office said. The sheriff's office said several state and local agencies were ...
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
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Shangdu is located in the present-day Zhenglan Banner, Inner Mongolia. In June 2012, under its English name Xanadu, it was made a World Heritage Site for its historical importance and for the unique blending of Mongolian and Chinese culture. [3] Venetian traveller Marco Polo described Shangdu to Europeans after visiting it in 1275.