 This place was for many years a place of raids by Almogavars of Aragonese, Navarrese and Basque ancestry, especially in places like Pegalajar, Cambil, Huelma and Arenas.To the north of the castle of this locality exists a zone that was known as "Campo de Almogavares" ("Land of Almogavars").The beginning of the conquest of the city of Cordoba by the Almogavars is told by Argote de Molina