Cities of the World Educational Posters & Prints “X...-Y...-Z...-”
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Xanadu - only ruins remain of Kublai Khan's summer capital Xanadu, located in what is now Inner Mongolia. It was destroyed by an invading Ming Dynasty army.

A reconstruction project has been undertaken and the site has been proposed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

From Marco Polo's description: “And when you have ridden three days from the city last mentioned, between north-east and north, you come to a city called Chandu, which was built by the Khan now reigning. There is at this place a very fine marble Palace, the rooms of which are all gilt and painted with figures of men and beasts and birds, and with a variety of trees and flowers, all executed with such exquisite art that you regard them with delight and astonishment. ...”

Xi'an, one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China and the eastern terminus of the Silk Road, has more than 3,100 years of history.

It is the home to the Terracotta Army, a 6,500 year old neolithic village was found on the outskirts of the city in 1954, and Lantian Man, a subspecies of Homo erectus was discovery nearby in 1963.

Yamoussoukro is the political and administrative capital city of Côte d'Ivoire; the economic capital of the country is Abidjan.

Guinness World Records lists the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro as the largest church in the world.

Yerevan, Armenia, is the capital and largest city of Armenia. Situated on the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities, with documentation of its exact date of founding inscribed in cuneiform - 782 BC by King Argishti I.

Mount Ararat, while located in Turkey, is visible from Yerevan and considerd the symbol of the Armenian nation.

Yokohama, the second largest city in Japan, is located on Tokyo Bay at the southern end of Honshu Island.

In 1853–54, U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry arrived at Yokohama with a fleet of American warships, demanding that the Japanese open several ports for commerce.

The walled city of York, situated at the confluence of the Ouse and Foss Rivers, was founded by the Romans in 71 AD.

The Shambles, which is an obsolete name for an open air slaughter house and meat market, is an old street with overhanging timber-framed buildings, some dating back to the fourteenth century. Note the lower center area of the street that marks the runnel where the waste animal products would be thrown - by extension any disorderly area is now said to be in “shambles”.

The city of New York in the US was named for the Duke of York (King James II & VII).

Notable people associated with York include W. H. Auden.

Ys is the mythic city on the France's Brittany coast that was swallowed by the ocean. According to the legend Ys was the most beautiful and impressive city in the world, ruled by King Gradlon.

The Douarnenez Bay (48º10'0"N 4º26'0"W) is the where most versions of the legend take place.

Zagreb, the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia, was founded with the joining of two smaller communities, Kaptol and Gradec, c. 1094.

Zanzibar City, in the east African country of Tanzania, is simply known as Zanzibar. It is located on the west coast the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, roughly opposite to Dar es Salaam, across the Zanzibar Channel.

The historical center of Zanzibar, known as Stone Town, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 because of its unique architecture.

Zurich, located in central Switzerland on Lake Zurich, is the country's largest and wealthiest city, a global financial center, and named as the city with the best quality of life in the world.

Notable people associated with Zurich include Elias Canetti, Susan Dimock, Hilda Doolittle, Albert Einstein, Johannes Itten, James Joyce, Carl Gustav Jung, Vladimer Lenin, Thomas Mann, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Wolfgang Pauli, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Herman Roschack, Tina Turner, Richard Wagner.