Shangdu

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Shangdu was the summer capital of Kublai Khan’s Yuan dynasty in China, later immortalized in Western literature as the fabled city of Xanadu.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shangdu canonical 3
Shangdu (Upper Capital) 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital
historical city
architect Liu Bingzhong
architecturalStyle Chinese
Mongol
associatedWith Kublai Khan
Mongol steppe culture
Yuan dynasty court
capitalOf Yuan dynasty (summer capital)
linked to: Yuan dynasty
coordinateLocation approximately 42.35°N 116.18°E
country Yuan dynasty
currentCondition ruins
describedBy Marco Polo
destroyedBy Ming dynasty forces
linked to: Ming dynasty
endTimeAsCapital 1369
followedBy Beijing as primary capital of Yuan dynasty
foundedBy Kublai Khan
governedBy Yuan dynasty
hasArchaeologicalSite yes
hasCityWall yes
hasImperialPalace yes
hasInnerCity yes
hasOuterCity yes
hasUNESCOSiteID 1389
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageSiteComponentOf Site of Xanadu
immortalizedIn Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "Kubla Khan"
linked to: Kubla Khan
knownAs Kaiping
Shangdu (Upper Capital)
linked to: Shangdu

Xanadu
locatedIn China
Inner Mongolia
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Zhenglan Banner
linked to: Tongliao
locatedNear modern Duolun County
partOf Mongol Empire cultural sphere
partOfTradeRoute Eurasian overland routes
precededBy Mongol imperial encampments in the steppe
significantPeriod 13th century
14th century
startTimeAsCapital 1263
toponymLanguage Chinese
Mongolian
linked to: Mongolic languages
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2012
UNESCOSiteCategory Cultural
usedAs imperial residence
summer capital

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xanadu inspiredBy Shangdu
Kublai Khan residence Shangdu
Shangdu knownAs Shangdu (Upper Capital)
linked to: Shangdu
Toghon Temür fledTo Shangdu