The village of Hoyales (Ogialis, Oyales, Fojades or Fumales, in old spellings) is documented in history from the 10th century onwards, when Count Gonzalo Fernández decided to repopulate the “no-man’s lands” on the banks of the Duero and established his kingdom in Haza, now in the “Castilian Extremadura”.

The following monuments in HOYALES DE ROA are worthy of note:

• TORREÓN: part of the current remains of the Castle (second half of the 15th century) when the bastard branch of the Avellaneda family fortified their jurisdiction over the town with this Tower-Castle and other defences, to which the church tower may have originally belonged.
• SAN BARTOLOMÉ APÓSTOL PARISH CHURCH: a neoclassical church with three naves and Baroque ornamentation, a doorway and bell tower that may well have belonged to the previous church, and a dome that rests on the four columns of the transept.
• ERMITA DE LA VIRGEN DE ARRIBA: a small church with a single nave and belfry, surrounded by a wall whose interior processional enclosure was once used as a cemetery. In the various restoration and extension works (1713), and perhaps also in its construction, stones from the castle were used.

Hoyales de Roa celebrates its fiestas in honour of San Bartolomé (24th August) and the Virgen de Arriba (November).

Locals of Hoyales de Roa: Hoyalenses.