Cantar de mio Cid

Castilian epic poem

thumb|280px|The Tizona sword while on exhibit in the Museo del Ejército ([[Salón de Reinos) in Madrid ]]

right|thumb|300px|Set of swords, Colada is no. 8 Colada is one of the two best-known swords, along with Tizona, of El Cid. Won in combat from the Count of Barcelona, the sword was presented (along with Tizona) to his sons in law. According to the heroic verses of the Cantar de mio Cid, after his sons-in-law beat his daughters and then abandoned them on the side of the road, El Cid asked for his gifts to be returned. Afterward, he bestowed the sword upon one of his knights, Martín Antolínez.