Tizona
Sign in to savethumb|280px|The Tizona sword while on exhibit in the Museo del Ejército ([[Salón de Reinos) in Madrid ]]
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- Instance of
- sword
- Country
- Spain
- Owned by
- Ferdinand II of Aragon
- Country of origin
- County of Urgell
- Location
- Burgos
- Image
- Espada Tizona.jpg
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thumb|280px|The Tizona sword while on exhibit in the Museo del Ejército ([[Salón de Reinos) in Madrid ]]
Tizona (also Tizón) is the name of one of the swords carried by Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, according to the Cantar de Mio Cid. The name of the second sword of El Cid is Colada.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tizona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.