Cid Campeador -Sevilla, Andalucía, España
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Ariberna
N 37° 22.782 W 005° 59.346
30S E 235338 N 4141188
Poems of 11th century
Waymark Code: WM16BBP
Location: Andalucía, Spain
Date Posted: 06/21/2022
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The text that are in one side of the statue of Cid Campeador and there are two poems of that year puts:"
SEVILLA
DORADA CORTE DEL REY POETA MOTAMID
HOSPEDO A MIO CID EMBAJADOR
DE ALFONSO VI Y LE VIO VOLVER
VICTORIOSO DEL REY DE GRANADA
MLXXX "
An din the other side:
"EL CAMPEADOR
TERRIBLE CALAMIDAD PARA EL ISLAM
FUE POR LA VIRIL FIRMEZA DE SU CARÁCTER
Y POR SU HERÓICA ENERGÍA UNO DE LOS
GRANDES MILAGROS DEL CREADOR
BEN BASSAM "
Could be this translation:
"GOLDEN SEVILLA COURT OF THE POET KING MOTAMID HOSTED MIO CID, ALFONSO VI'S AMBASSADOR AND SAW HIM RETURN VICTORIOUS FROM THE KING OF GRANADA"
and "THE TERRIBLE CALAMITY CHAMPION FOR ISLAM WAS BECAUSE OF HIS VIRILE FIRMNESS OF CHARACTER AND HIS HEROIC ENERGY ONE OF THE GREAT MIRACLES OF THE CREATOR BEN BASSAM"
Address:
Av el Cid
Sevilla
Website: Not listed
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