A to Z of Must-Do Travel Experiences – X for ‘Xanadu’
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Xanadu, also known as Shangdu, is located in Inner Mongolia, 275 kilometres north of Beijing. It was the summer capital of Kublai Khan during the Yuan Dynasty.
One of the most commonly known descriptions of Xanadu came from Marco Polo, ...