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In 2008, China submitted a proposal to UNESCO to make which 13th century ‘poetic’ city, with its ruins of a ‘stately pleasure dome’, a World Heritage Site?
Xanadu/ShĂ ngdĹ« The city was located in what is now called Inner Mongolia, 275 kilometres (171 mi) north of Beijing and was the summer capital of Kublai Khan’s Yuan Dynasty in China. At its zenith, over 100,000 people lived within its walls. In 1369 ShĂ ngdĹ« was occupied by the Ming army and put to the torch