Historically it was an independent municipality until, in 1849, it became part (like Aruej) of the Villanúa Town Council, in a process of administrative rationalization that included small villages in larger ones.

According to the Dictionary by Madoz, in 1858 it had 182 inhabitants and, apart from the 12th century church of San Pedro, this village also had a tower-house and, as an anecdote, it was noted for the presence of bears.

In November 1955, Forestry Heritage began, based on a 1927 Decree related to the construction of the Yesa Reservoir, the procedures for the voluntary purchase or subsequent expropriation of the land of Cenarbe and the Garcipollera Valley.

All this in order to carry out a forced reforestation with laricio pine to stop the erosion of these valleys and the possible clogging of the reservoir basin, which caused the displacement of 400 people from the affected area.

Nowadays, only the ruined remains of the Romanesque church dedicated to San Pedro are still standing, since the rest of the houses were dynamited to avoid problems with the loose livestock that has foresters in the experimental center of Bescós de la Garcipollera and any possible later claim of the neighbors regarding their properties.