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 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former capital
ⓘ
historical city ⓘ |
| architect | Liu Bingzhong ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Chinese
ⓘ
Mongol ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kublai Khan
ⓘ
Mongol steppe culture ⓘ court of Kublai Khan ⓘ
surface form:
Yuan dynasty court
|
| capitalOf |
Yuan dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Yuan dynasty (summer capital)
|
| coordinateLocation | approximately 42.35°N 116.18°E ⓘ |
| country | Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| currentCondition | ruins ⓘ |
| describedBy | Marco Polo ⓘ |
| destroyedBy |
Ming dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Ming dynasty forces
|
| 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 |
Kubla Khan
ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "Kubla Khan"
|
| knownAs |
Kaiping
ⓘ
Shangdu ⓘ
surface form:
Shangdu (Upper Capital)
Xanadu ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
ⓘ
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form:
Inner Mongolia
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Tongliao
ⓘ
surface form:
Zhenglan Banner
|
| 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
ⓘ
Mongolic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Mongolian
|
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| usedAs |
imperial residence
ⓘ
summer capital ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.