Durandarte or Durandal was the sword of Roldan, paladin and nephew of Charlemagne (then King Charles).
When he was knighted at the age of 17, Roldán received the sword of sword Charlemagne that kept several relics and which Roldán mentions after leaving the rock on which he tried to break Durandarte, so that it does not fall into the hands of the infidel vascones (proof of the quality of this legendary weapon), and they are them: a tooth of St. Peter, the blood of St. Basil , the hair of Saint Denis, as well as mantle of Saint Mary.