Marcilla ( eu, Martzilla) is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. 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 Pedro de Peralta y Ezpeleta, also known as Pierres de Peralta the Younger (1421–1492) was a Navarra, Navarrese nobleman, politician and military leader, active in the Navarrese Civil War (1451–1455). He was the first Count of Santisteban d ...

, in the 15th century. It was the seat of the marquises of Falces for some four centuries, who here kept ''

Tizona ''Tizona'' (also ''Tizón'') is the name of one of the swords carried by Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, according to the '' Cantar de Mio Cid''. The name of the second sword of El Cid is ''Colada''. A sword identified as ''Tizona'' was give ...

'', 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 Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of ...

). The castle was restored during 2009–2012.

Notable people

David Malo Azagra David Malo Azagra (born 21 August 1980 in Marcilla, Navarre) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a right back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop atta ...

, retired footballer

References

External links

MARCILLA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)

Marcilla at Google.maps
Municipalities in Navarre {{navarre-geo-stub