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Rocamadour’s famous sword in the rock is missing, theft suspected (www.connexionfrance.com)

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Police are investigating after the suspected theft of a mythical sword that was embedded in a cliff in the hill-top village of Rocamadour, south-central France.

Durandal was the famed sword of Roland, the protagonist of La Chanson de Roland, an epic poem and the oldest surviving major work of French literature.

The sword was embedded in a cliff face in Rocamadour (Lot) until it went missing on Saturday, June 22.

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However, the sword, a popular sight among visitors to the Unesco World Heritage town, was the “umpteenth copy” of the original, Father Florent Millet, rector of the sanctuary of Rocamadour, told ActuLot, confirming there was no historical value to the replica.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The thief is a king now?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I believe that's the rule.