In the early modern period it belonged to the district of Sayago, in the province of Zamora. In the 16th century its fortress was a stronghold in the War of the Comunidades and a bastion against Portugal, and in the Portuguese Restoration War Portuguese troops took it in 1654. The bull runs of the festival of Saint Augustine are documented from 1523.
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