Site of Xanadu

Shangdu, known in the West as Xanadu, was the summer capital of the Yuan dynasty. Located in what is now Zhenglan Banner, , it was designed by Chinese architect Liu Bingzhong and served as a seasonal retreat blending Mongolian steppe traditions with Chinese urban planning.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • Description: former summer capital of Kublai Khan’s Yuan Dynasty
  • Also known as
    “K’ai-p’ing”
    “Shang-tu”
    “Shangdu”
    “Xanadu”
    “Xandu”
    “Yuan Shangdu”

Site of Xanadu

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Latitude
42.35989° or 42° 21′ 36″ north
Longitude
116.18008° or 116° 10′ 48″ east
Open location code
8PJR955J+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 478464684
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q471765

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Site of Xanadu” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Shangdu”
  • Arabic: “زانادو”
  • Asturian: “Xanadú”
  • Basque: “Xanadu”
  • Bulgarian: “Ксанаду”
  • Bulgarian: “Шангду”
  • Bulgarian: “Шанду”
  • Catalan: “Shang-tu”
  • Catalan: “Shangdu”
  • Catalan: “Xanadú”
  • Catalan: “Zanadu”
  • Chinese: “Shàngdū”
  • Chinese: “上都”
  • Chinese: “上都故城”
  • Chinese: “元上都”
  • Chinese: “元上都遗址”
  • Chinese: “开平府”
  • Chinese: “開平”
  • Chuvash: “Шанду”
  • Croatian: “Xanadu”
  • Czech: “Šang-tu”
  • Czech: “Site of Xanadu”
  • Danish: “Shangdu”
  • Danish: “Xanadu”
  • Dutch: “Xanadu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “زانادو”
  • Estonian: “Shangdu”
  • Finnish: “Shangdu”
  • Finnish: “Xanadu”
  • French: “Ciandu”
  • French: “Kaipingfu”
  • French: “Shangdu”
  • Galician: “Shangdu”
  • Georgian: “შანდუ”
  • German: “Shangdu”
  • German: “Xanadu”
  • Greek: “Σαντού”
  • Hebrew: “זאנאדו”
  • Hebrew: “זנדו”
  • Hebrew: “קסאנאדו”
  • Hebrew: “קסנדו”
  • Hebrew: “שאנג-דו”
  • Hebrew: “שאנגדו”
  • Hungarian: “Sangtu”
  • Hungarian: “Xanadu”
  • Indonesian: “Xanadu”
  • Italian: “Šandu”
  • Italian: “Shang-tu”
  • Italian: “Shangdu”
  • Italian: “Shàngdū”
  • Italian: “Xanadu”
  • Japanese: “上都”
  • Japanese: “元上都”
  • Korean: “개평”
  • Korean: “개평부”
  • Korean: “상도”
  • Lithuanian: “Šandu”
  • Maltese: “Kaiping”
  • Maltese: “Shangdu”
  • Maltese: “Xanadu”
  • Mongolian: “Шанду”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Xanadu”
  • Norwegian: “Xanadu”
  • Persian: “زندو”
  • Persian: “شاندو”
  • Persian: “شانگدو”
  • Polish: “Xanadu”
  • Portuguese: “Shangdu”
  • Portuguese: “Xanadu”
  • Russian: “Шанду”
  • Serbian: “Ксанаду”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Xanadu”
  • Slovak: “Šang-tu”
  • Slovenian: “Xanadu”
  • Spanish: “Shangdu”
  • Spanish: “Xanadu”
  • Spanish: “Xanadú”
  • Spanish: “Zanadu”
  • Swedish: “Shangdu”
  • Swedish: “Xanadu”
  • Swiss German: “Shangdu”
  • Thai: “แหล่งแซนาดู”
  • Turkish: “Shangdu”
  • Ukrainian: “Шанду”
  • Urdu: “زنادو”
  • Urdu: “سنادو”
  • Vietnamese: “Di tích Xanadu”
  • Vietnamese: “Thượng Đô”
  • Vietnamese: “Xanadu”
  • Wu Chinese: “元上都”
  • Yue Chinese: “上都”

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