This is one of the colonization towns that exist in the province, such as La Espina and San Bernardo, and it arose because its inhabitants had to emigrate from their town, Oliegos, when it was going to be flooded by the waters of the Villameca Reservoir. , 24 kilometers north of Astorga. These lands on which it stands today were donated by a marquis so that this town would have a place to live. The town was made of solid brick and adobe. Its Plaza Mayor, with arcades, based on stone columns.

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August 14, 2022

Today its most important building is the Church of San Pedro, built in 1950, and on whose ceiling and back wall, the life of San Pedro is drawn.

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