Shangdu

42.359722116.179167Koordinaten: 42 ° 21 '35 " N, 116 ° 10' 45" E Shangdu (Chinese:上 都, Shangdu ) was during the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, the summer residence of Kublai Khan, the Emperor of China. It was created in 1256. The western knowledge of Shangdu goes back to an alleged visit by Marco Polo in 1275. 1369 Shangdu was captured by Ming troops and then completely destroyed. The last Mongol emperor of China, Togan Temur, the city was previously still escape.

The ruins Shangdus since June, 2012 World Heritage Site, is today on the banks of the Luan He, of here, where he draws an arc through Inner Mongolia, " Shandian He" (闪电 河) is called, the administrative territory of the State Livestock Farm Wuyi on the northeast border administrative territory of the greater community Shangdu in Zhenglan Banner of Xilin Gol Aimag inner Mongolia, people's Republic of China.

Xanadu

In the west, the city is also known under the name of Xanadu, which dates back to the 1816 poem Kubla Khan published by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Its first stanza reads:

In German translation: