El Cantar de mio Cid, or El Poema de mio Cid, is an anonymous 12th-century cantar de gesta and the oldest preserved Castilian epic poem. Based on a true story, it tells of the deeds of the Castilian h
The Cid's daughters after being beaten and tied up, work by Ignacio Pinazo (1879).
Tizona 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.
The Tizona sword while on exhibit in the Museo del Ejército (Salón de Reinos) in Madrid