Xanadu

Xanadu, or more accurately Shangdu, was the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan empire.

Xanadu may also refer to:

Films

• Xanadu (film) ,a 1980 film starring Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, and Gene Kelly

Literature

• "Kubla Khan, or A Vision in a Dream. A Fragment", a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, set in Xanadu
• Exile from Xanadu, a science-fiction novel by Lan Wright

Music

• "Xanadu" (Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra song), a 1980 single from the soundtrack to the film Xanadu
  • Xanadu (soundtrack), the soundtrack of the film
  • Xanadu (musical), Broadway musical based on the film
• "Xanadu" (Rush song), a 1977 song, based on Coleridge, recorded by the Canadian rock trio Rush for their album A Farewell to Kings
• Xanadu (Menudo album), 1981
• Xanadu: The Marco Polo Musical, 1953 Seventh Army Musical, based on Coleridge
• Xanadu Records, a jazz record label
• "The Legend of Xanadu", a 1968 song by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
• "Xanadu (A Vision in a Dream)", a song by Stormlord, appearing on their 2001 release At the Gates of Utopia
• "Xanadu", a song by Moi Dix Mois on the 2007 album Dixanadu

Places

• Xanadu (Citizen Kane), the fictitious mansion owned by Charles Foster Kane in the film Citizen Kane, and inspired by Coleridge's "stately pleasure dome"
• Xanadu 2.0, the nickname of Bill Gates' futuristic private estate
• Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas
• Xanadu House, a series of experimental homes built to showcase computers and automation in the home
• Xanadu Meadowlands, former name of American Dream Meadowlands, a proposed mall in New Jersey, expected to be the largest in the United States
• Madrid Xanadú, a large shopping mall and entertainment center near Madrid, Spain
• Xanadu, Mandrake the Magician's fictitious home

Video games

• Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu, a 1985 video game
  • Faxanadu, a 1987 spin-off video game
  • Xanadu Next, a 2005 spin-off video game

Other

• Xanadu (Titan), an enigmatic bright feature on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan
• Xanadu, a mountain in the Arrigetch Peaks in Alaska
• Project Xanadu, an early non-markup hypertext project
• XANADU, the aviation callsign of AirAsia X
• Madame Xanadu, a DC comics character

See also

• Xandu (disambiguation)