Crucifix confirmed to be El Cid’s, the famous medieval warlord
Crucifix carried into battle by Spain’s 11th century warlord hero El Cid is found hanging in Spanish cathedral Span’s national icon was famously depicted by Charlton Heston in the 1961 film El Cid is a ‘subject of a devotion that transcends that of an epic Hispanic hero’ His tomb was raided in 1800s, scattering his … Read more