The French ‘Excalibur’ has vanished from a rock it had been wedged in for the previous 1,300 years.
The famed Durandal sword is presumed to have been stolen from the southern village Rocamadour, regardless of it being wedged and chained to the stone 32ft off the bottom.
It has left the clifftop village bereft on the lack of its prized vacationer attraction with the mayor Dominique Lenfant saying locals really feel as if they’ve been stripped of part of itself.
Police have launched an investigation however officers have been left baffled as to how the magical sword was capable of be taken on account of its lofty and awkward place embedded within the cliff wall subsequent to the sanctuary.
The famed Durandal sword (pictured) is presumed to have been stolen from the southern village Rocamadour, regardless of it being wedged and chained to the stone 32ft off the bottom
Durandal was wielded by Roland, a legendary knight, with the sword’s magical powers being talked about in eleventh century poem The Track of Roland
Mayor Lenfant mentioned the city was devastated, reported The Telegraph.
‘We will miss Durandal. It has been a part of Rocamadour for hundreds of years, and there is not a information who would not level it out when he visits,’ she instructed La Dépêche, a French newspaper.
‘Rocamadour feels it has been stripped of part of itself, however even when it is a legend, the destinies of our village and this sword are entwined.’
In line with legend, the sword couldn’t be damaged and was capable of slice by boulders with one swoop on account of it being the sharpest blade in existence.
A fantasy says it was first given to Emperor Charlemagne by an angel earlier than it was wielded by Roland, a legendary knight.
Durandal is talked about in eleventh century poem The Track of Roland. Within the epic, it tells of the sword’s magical powers and mentioned it contained one tooth of St Peter, the blood of St Basil, and the hair of St Denis.
Roland is alleged to have tried to interrupt the sword on a rock earlier than his demise on the Battle of Roncevaux Move to cease it from getting within the arms of the military of Saracens he had valiantly fought.
However he ending up throwing it right into a valley the place it miraculously flew for miles and ended up getting embedded into the Rocamadour’s cliff.
