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 ...

Anchored to a rocky cliff face in France's Southwest Lot region is the city of Rocamadour, a stunning tiered beauty of medieval dwellings, imposing towers, and a castle at its highest point. Its ...

Hidden in the South of France is a little-known town with a rich religious history on par with some of the world's most ...

Legend says the Durandal sword had been stuck in a French hillside for nearly 1,300 years. When it went missing in June, an investigation to find France’s Excalibur began. By Hank Sanders and William ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Durandal sword was stuck in this rock in France for 1,300 years – but it’s disappeared (Picture: Shutterstock/Grantibo) An ancient French sword has mysteriously vanished after 1,300 years wedged ...

The blade, known as Durandal, was embedded in rock more than 30 feet above the ground. Patrick Clenet via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Medieval folklore has immortalized the story of Roland, ...