Marcilla ( eu, Martzilla) is a town and
municipality located in the province and autonomous community of
Navarre
Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...
, northern
Spain.
Its population was at 2,821 inhabitants as of 2016.
Marcilla castle was built by Pedro de Peralta y Ezpeleta, father of
Pedro de Peralta y Ezpeleta, in the 15th century. It was the seat of the
marquises of Falces for some four centuries, who here kept ''
Tizona '', the reputed sword of
El Cid
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and warlord in medieval Spain. Fighting with both Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific ''al-sīd'', which would evolve into El ...
(now in
Museo de Burgos). The castle was restored during 2009–2012.
Notable people
*
David Malo Azagra, retired footballer
References
External links
MARCILLA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)
Marcilla at Google.maps
Municipalities in Navarre
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