It is a stopping point along the Camino de Santiago and has a long stone medieval bridge, which was recently restored.

Closer to the modern era in the 19th century, the town's inhabitants destroyed their iconic bridge to slow the advance of Napoleon's forces into Spain.

In 1434, the Leonese knight Suero de Quiñones held a tournament in which he or one of his companions challenged all men of equal rank who wished to cross the bridge here to a jousting tournament, Suero holding this bridge in the name of unrequited love.

Since 1434 was a Jacobean holy year [es], the traffic upon the Road of St James was considerable.

The tournament lasted from July 11 until 9 August and Don Suero claimed to have broken 300 lances by the end.