Don Quixote's Sword

Don Quixote Sword 750

The sword of Don Quixote of La Mancha is mentioned in the masterful work of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Don Quixote of La Mancha, Don Alonso Quijano, was born in the 16th century from the pen of Cervantes; a knight errant, with a high sense of duty and honor that goes beyond the limits of reality, bordering on madness.

Don Quixote attacked windmills, believing them to be giants; flocks of sheep captured by enemy troops; wineskins, claiming they were ghosts... He received his just deserts from these and many other adventures.

Don Quixote's fame was as well known throughout La Mancha as it was throughout the world; he was the hero of the wildest adventures who lived mad and died sane, in the lap of his beloved Dulcinea del Toboso.

The sword of Don Quixote de la Mancha is mentioned in the masterful work of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, in chapter III, where the amusing way in which Don Quixote became a knight is recounted: Oh you, whoever you are, daring knight, who come to touch the arms of the most valiant errant who ever girded on a sword,…!

Length: 102 cm

Width: 21.5 cm

Weight: 1.4 kg

A high quality sword from the exclusive Historical Swords Collection of the prestigious MARTO factory in Toledo.