Asset of Cultural Interest, with the category of Ethnological Site, 2015.
The Caserío de La Hoya is a settlement unit of traditional character, which stands as one of the oldest human enclaves in the Abona region. There are references in the dates relating to the distribution of land in this place between 1505 and 1522. The richness of the surrounding area in terms of agricultural and livestock resources; the abundance of water (there are three springs in the vicinity, Tamaide, El Lunchón and La Hoya) and its strategic location at a crossroads between the coast and Vilaflor, as well as between the hamlets of Abona and the San Lorenzo Valley, are other factors that justify the early settlement of this area in the lower midlands of the region. It is also worth mentioning the fact – as the place name indicates – that, being located in a hollow, it is not visible from the sea, and is therefore sheltered from possible pirate raids.
By 1860, the hamlet had twelve one-storey buildings and one two-storey building, most of which were permanently inhabited. In 1900, the scarce demographic data reveal a gradual decline in the population.
The complex is made up of a dozen single-storey buildings that follow the typological patterns of the rural architecture of the south of the island, built with ashlars and blocks of rough pumice and with curved gabled tile roofs, alternating with others with roof terraces.
One of the most outstanding infrastructures linked to the uses developed in La Hoya is the tile oven built at the end of the 19th century, which is in a good state of conservation.
