Xanadu may refer to: * Shangdu, the ancient summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire in China * a metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place, based upon Coleridge's description of Shangdu in his poem '' Kubla Khan''

Other places

Xanadu (Titan) Xanadu (often called "Xanadu Region", though this is not its official name) is a highly reflective area on the leading hemisphere of Saturn's moon Titan. Its name comes from an alternate transcription of Shangdu, the summer capital of the Yuan d ...

, an enigmatic bright feature on the surface of Saturn's moon, Titan * Xanadu 2.0, the nickname of

Bill Gates's house Bill Gates designed and owns a mansion that overlooks Lake Washington in Medina, Washington. The mansion incorporates technology in its design. In 2009, property taxes were reported to be US$1.063 million on a total assessed value of US$147.5 ...

* Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas *

Xanadu Houses The Xanadu Houses were a series of experimental homes built to showcase examples of computers and automation in the home in the United States. The architectural project began in 1979, and during the early 1980s three houses were built in differ ...

, a series of experimental homes built to showcase computers and automation in the home *

Madrid Xanadú Madrid Xanadú is a large shopping mall and entertainment center in Arroyomolinos, Madrid, Spain. Constructed next to the Autovía A-5, Autovía de Extremadura highway, the mall is one of Europe's largest, with over 222 shops, eateries, and a 15-sc ...

, a large shopping precinct and entertainment centre in Spain * Xanadu, the original name of the New Jersey mall American Dream Meadowlands

Art, entertainment, and media

Film, television, and theatre

* Xanadu (''Citizen Kane''), a mansion in the 1941 film ''Citizen Kane'' * ''Xanadu'' (film), a 1980 film starring Olivia Newton-John ** ''Xanadu'' (musical), a 2007 Broadway musical based on the film * ''Xanadu'' (TV series) * '' Xanadu: The Marco Polo Musical'', a 1953 Seventh Army musical * ''Xanadu'', a ballet by

Mildred Couper Mildred Couper (December 10, 1887 in Buenos Aires, Argentina – August 9, 1974 in Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara, United States) was a prominent composer and pianist, and one of the first American musicians to experiment with quar ...

* Xanadu, a virtual world in "Garage Kids", the pilot of '' Code Lyoko''

Music

* " The Legend of Xanadu", a hit song by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (1968) * Xanadu Records, a jazz record label * ''Xanadu'' (Menudo album) (1981) * ''Xanadu'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack of the film * "Xanadu" (Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra song) (1980) ** ''Xanadu'' (musical), Original Broadway Cast Recording * "Xanadu" (Rush song) (1977) * "Xanadu (A Vision in a Dream)", a 2001 song by Stormlord from ''

At the Gates of Utopia ''At the Gates of Utopia'' is the second studio album by the Italian symphonic black metal band Stormlord. Track listing # "Under the Samnites' Spears" – 6:50 # "I Am Legend" – 5:07 # "Xanadu (A Vision in a Dream)" – 4:21 # "And Winter Wa ...

'' * "Xanadu", a 2007 song by Moi Dix Mois from ''

Dixanadu ''Dixanadu'' is an album released by Moi dix Mois on March 28, 2007. It contains re-recordings of "Tentation" ("Last Temptation") and "Pessimiste" ("Neo Pessimist"), originally from the album '' Dix Infernal''. Style The album features Gothic me ...

'' * "Xanadu", a song by Screw (2012) * "Xanadu", a song by Moving Mountains from '' Moving Mountains'' * "Xanadu", a song by the Party Animals (2003) * "Xanadu", a song by The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (2014) * "Xanadu", a song by Ummet Ozcan (2022) * "Xanadu", a song by

The Winery Dogs The Winery Dogs are an American rock supergroup formed in 2012 by Richie Kotzen, Billy Sheehan and Mike Portnoy. Background The idea of the band started out as a project featuring drummer Mike Portnoy and bassist Billy Sheehan, who were aimin ...

(2022)

Other media

* ''Xanadu'' (video game), a 1985 video game * Fa''xanadu'', a 1987 video game for the NES/Famicom *

Madame Xanadu Madame Xanadu is a comic book mysticism, mystic published by DC Comics. The character is identified with Lady of the Lake, Nimue, the magician (fantasy), sorceress from Arthurian mythology made popular by Thomas Malory, Sir Thomas Malory's ''Le Mo ...

, a DC comics character * The home of comics character ''

Mandrake the Magician ''Mandrake the Magician'' is a syndicated newspaper comic strip A comic strip is a sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloon ...

Other uses

* Project Xanadu, an early non-markup hypertext project by Ted Nelson * ''

Philodendron xanadu ''Thaumatophyllum xanadu'' is a perennial plant belonging to the arum family Araceae and the genus '' Thaumatophyllum'', formerly classified under the '' Meconostigma'' subgenus of '' Philodendron''. This plant is native to Brazil, but is widel ...

'', plant in the family Araceae ** Xanadu, a shade of gray whose name is derived from the Philodendron *

Xanadu Quantum Technologies Xanadu Quantum Technologies is a Canadian quantum computing hardware and software company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company develops cloud accessible photonic quantum computers and develops open-source software for quantum machine ...