Xanadu

Xanadu, was the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty in China.
The city was located in what is now called Inner Mongolia.

Xanadu was visited by Venetian explorer Marco Polo in 1275, who wrote the following, one of the most complete descriptions of the city as it existed:

"And when you have ridden three days from the city last mentioned, between north-east and north, you come to a city called Chandu, which was built by the Khan now reigning. There is at this place a very fine marble Palace, the rooms of which are all gilt and painted with figures of men and beasts and birds, and with a variety of trees and flowers, all executed with such exquisite art that you regard them with delight and astonishment."

A draft of 'Kubla Khan' : Legendary Poem said to be written in the fall of 1797 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Bill Gates' house is a large earth-sheltered mansion in the side of a hill overlooking Lake Washington in Medina, Washington. The 66,000 sq ft house is noted for its design and the technology it incorporates. It is nicknamed Xanadu 2.0.


Xanadu Regio is an enigmatic bright feature on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan.


Project Xanadu was an early hypertext project.
Xanadu : A tool worthy of chronicling and creating the achievements, documents, and discussions of all mankind (scientific, political, artistic, literary, mathematical, personal, social, religious, etc.)



Madame Xanadu is a fictional character, a comic book mystic published by DC Comics. The character is identified with Nimue, the sorceress from Arthurian mythology made popular by Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.


Xanadu is comic book series by Viki Wyman started in 1988.


The Xanadu Adventure is a novel featuring Vesper Holly, a sharp-witted, female Indiana Jones; written by Lloyd Alexander (published by Penguin, 2005)


The Xanadu Talisman is the title of an action-adventure/spy novel by Peter O'Donnell that was first published in 1981, featuring the character Modesty Blaise.


"The Legend of Xanadu" is a single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich that reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1968, and was the group's biggest hit.





"Xanadu" is a song recorded by the Canadian progressive rock trio Rush for their 1977 album A Farewell to Kings.




Xanadu is a musical comedy with a book by Douglas Carter Beane, music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, based on the 1980 cult classic film of the same name which was, in turn, inspired by the 1947 Rita Hayworth film 'Down to Earth'.


William Dalrymple's first book, written in at age 22 while he undertook a journey from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem) to the site of Shangdu (Outer Mongolia), known as Xanadu in English literature.


One of Western Australia's most established wineries, producing quality wines through traditional winemaking techniques, together with an award winning restaurant, Xanadu Wines is 'unmistakably Margaret River'.