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Replica El Cid Steel Sword; Handmade by Marto of Toledo, Spain - $225 (Osterville)
Falling Leaf Lane near Acorn Drive
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Marto of Toledo, Spain
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The El Cid Tizona Sword by Marto of Toledo Spain has a double-edged Toledo steel blade, with brass handle.
Measures 37 5/8" long and weighs about 7 lbs. There's a beautiful inscription on both sides of the blade that reads: "Ave Maria Gratia Plena..." on 1 side and another on the reverse side I cannot read clearly due to the highly reflective surface and the sad fact I cannot read Spanish or Latin.
I have 2 other replica steel swords for sale as well: 1 a 19th century French naval saber and the other a fantasy sword (Conan the Barbarian).
Happy to show them with no obligation to buy (but serious inquiries only, please). We live just off Bumps River Road / Acorn Drive in Osterville (near Cape Cod Academy).
Toledo was, next to Damascus, home to the most revered sword smiths in the western world during the middle ages. The Tizona and Colada Swords belonged to the Castilian knight Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known as "El Cid Campeador" in the 11th century. He was the prototype of the knight and a loyal vassal who took part with his king, Alphonse VI, in the conquest of Toledo. Subsequently, El Cid conquered the city, and kingdom of Valencia (which he ruled there until his death in 1099) from the Arabians (Moors).
El Cid was a great war hero, a superior and extremely successful soldier of fortune, who apparently never lost a battle. To this day, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is known as a hero of Christian Spain, due to his excellent acheivements in the the Reconquest of Spain from the Moors. His title, El Cid Campeador, derives from: "El Cid" , a Moorish title of respect, from Arabic al sayyid "Lord"; "Campeador" is Spanish for "Champion".