French police are investigating the disappearance of Durandal, a sword linked to mythology akin to the fabled British King Arthur's Excalibur, after it mysteriously vanished from the Pyrenean village ...

Durandal (or Durandarte) was the famous sword of Roland, the Frankish knight who died at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass on 15 August 788 by attack of the Basques. The accounts of that battle and the ...

French police are investigating the suspected theft of a sword which, according to legend, had magical properties Henry Samuel has been The Telegraph’s Paris Correspondent since 2007. His 2023 Sarkozy ...

The French town of Rocamadour was partly known for a centuries-old sword embedded in a cliff wall 100 feet off a riverbank. The 1,250-year-old Durandal sword disappeared recently, believed to be ...

A French 'magic' sword known as Durandal, mysteriously disappeared from the Rocamadour town, where it was stuck for over 1,300 years in a rock. The Durandal sword was one of the key tourist ...

An ancient sword known as the French version of King Arthur’s legendary “Excalibur” has mysteriously vanished from the town where, according to local lore, it had remained lodged in a rock for 1,300 ...

The French version of King Arthur’s legendary Excalibur sword has vanished from a rock into which legend says it was plunged 1,300 years ago. The Durandal sword from Rocamadour, southern France, is ...

A charming village nestled on top of a cliff-edge in the French countryside has been compared to a town straight out of the popular Game of Thrones series. Rocamadour is a charming commune located at ...