El Cantar de mio Cid, literally "The Song of my
Cid"), (or
El Poema de mio Cid) also known in English as
The Poem of the Cid, is the oldest preserved Castilian
epic poem (epopeya). Based on a true story, it tells of the Castilian hero
El Cid, and takes place during the
Reconquista, or reconquest of Spain from the Moors.