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 ...

Fabled Sword From Medieval French Folklore Disappears Known as the “French Excalibur,” the blade is said to have hung from a rock face in the village of Rocamadour for 1,300 years ...

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 ...

Rescuing stolen art and antiquities 08:30. French police are investigating the disappearance of Durandal, a sword linked to mythology akin to the fabled British King Arthur's Excalibur, after it ...

The Durandal sword appears to have been taken by a thief from its stone in the tiny medieval town of Rocamadour, where it was one of the town’s main attractions, The Telegraph reported.

Rocamadour's centre develops between a maze of narrow streets and ancient buildings that form the lower part of the town from which you access the churchyard where the sanctuary are located.