{"id":143666,"date":"1964-10-12T14:30:00","date_gmt":"1964-10-12T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten-achteruit\/the-spanish-sword-tholeta\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T11:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:09:22","slug":"the-spanish-sword-tholeta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/area\/archeology\/the-spanish-sword-tholeta\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spanish Sword &#8216;Tholeta&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle has-large-font-size is-style-text-subtitle--1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bredevoort<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In 1964, during excavation work for the construction of a new workshop on the premises of the <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/bredevoort\/landstraat-04-klein-nibbelink\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Klein Nibbelink smithy<\/a>, various items were discovered, including remnants of walls, moat fill, wooden posts, and an iron fire grate. However, the most impressive find was a Spanish sword from the <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/war-resistance\/eighty-years-war\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"25404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eighty Years&#8217; War<\/a>, bearing the inscription \u2018Tholeta\u2019, the Latin name for the city of Toledo in Spain. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johan Klein Nibbelink currently has the sword in his possession and tells about it in the video below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/omroepgelderland.bbvms.com\/p\/default\/c\/4585822.html?inheritDimensions=true\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a1aacd46e7b7&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a1aacd46e7b7\" class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"461\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Zwaard-Bredevoort-Nieuwe-Winterswijksche-Courant-12-10-1964.jpg\" alt=\"Sword Bredevoort &#x2013; Nieuwe Winterswijksche Courant, 12 October 1964\" class=\"wp-image-41935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Zwaard-Bredevoort-Nieuwe-Winterswijksche-Courant-12-10-1964.jpg 304w, https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Zwaard-Bredevoort-Nieuwe-Winterswijksche-Courant-12-10-1964-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Nieuwe Winterswijksche Courant, 12 October 1964<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-color-2-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bronnen\"><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide is-style-wide--2\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nieuwe Winterswijksche Courant, 12 October 1964 (<a href=\"https:\/\/resolver.kb.nl\/resolve?urn=MMECAL02:180061045:mpeg21:a00025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Delpher<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gld.nl\/nieuws\/7522770\/bredevoort-beleefde-een-bloedige-strijd-dit-is-waarom-de-achterhoek-dat-herdenkt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Omroep Gelderland<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kerkstraat_(Bredevoort)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1964, a sword from the Eighty Years&#8217; 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