Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816. According to Coleridge's preface to Kubla Khan, the poem was composed one night after he experienced an opium-influenced dream after reading a work describing Xanadu, the summer palace of the Mongol ruler and Emperor of China Kublai Khan…Most modern critics now view Kubla Khan as one of Coleridge's three great poems, along with The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel. The poem is considered one of the most famous examples of Romanticism in English poetry…

Hearst Castle, San Simeon, is a National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark located on the Central Coast of California in the United States. The joint concept of William Randolph Hearst, the publishing tycoon, and his architect Julia Morgan, it was built between 1919 and 1947. Known formally as "La Cuesta Encantada", (The Enchanted Hill), and often referred to simply as San Simeon, Hearst himself called his castle the "Ranch"…
Hearst Castle was the inspiration for Xanadu, the home of Charles Foster Kane in Orson Welles 1941 film Citizen Kane. The character of Kane drew inspiration from Hearst himself.
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I took these photos when we visited Hearst Castle in 1982, a place you would never forget.