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  2. Shangdu - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Xanadu - Wikipedia

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    Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas; Xanadu Houses, a series of experimental homes built to showcase computers and automation in the home; Madrid Xanadú, a large shopping precinct and entertainment centre in Spain; Xanadu, the original name of the New Jersey mall American Dream Meadowlands

  4. In Xanadu - Wikipedia

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    The book begins with William Dalrymple taking a vial of holy oil from the burning lamps of the Holy Sepulchre, which he is to transport to Shangdu, the summer seat of the King Kubla Khan. It has been mentioned that Kubla Khan wanted a hundred learned men armed with Christian knowledge to come to his Khanate and spread the knowledge of Christianity.

  5. Liu Guandao - Wikipedia

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    Kublai Khan Hunting (1280), hanging scroll, ink and colours on silk, 182.9 x 104.1 cm, National Palace Museum. Liu Guandao was born around 1258 in Zhongshan (now Dingxian), Hebei. [1] Excelling in realism, [2] he was said to be a self-taught painter [1] and worked as one of the "very few" court artists at the Yuan court.

  6. Xanadu (musical) - Wikipedia

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    The title refers to Xanadu, the site of the Mongolian emperor Kublai Khan's summer palace. The musical opened on Broadway in 2007 and ran for over 500 performances. It earned an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical and a Drama Desk Award for Best Book. It was also nominated for Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Book. The US Tour ...

  7. Khanbaliq - Wikipedia

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    In 1264, Kublai Khan visited the Daming Palace on Jade Island in Taiye Lake and was so enchanted with the site that he directed his capital to be constructed around the garden. The chief architect and planner of the capital was Liu Bingzhong , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] who also served as supervisor of its construction. [ 9 ]

  8. Review: L.A.'s most polarizing restaurant returns. Is its ...

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    What remains most unchanged, even with some reconfiguring, is the setting. Moss’ moody, futurist structure exists to conjure your favorite science-fiction comparisons.

  9. Kublai Khan - Wikipedia

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    Kublai Khan [b] [c] (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" [d] in 1271, and ruled Yuan China until his death in 1294.

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