There are three explanations of the name, and they do not agree. According to Ponchia it would come from monte nero, black hill, because the village stands raised above the bank of the Orco and was once ringed by thick dark woods; others see a Celtic root in the suffix -nar.
The third, argued by R. Bena after Rossebastiano, derives it from the Latin montanus with the suffix -arius, the one that marks a trade: montanarius, as in the dialect furnèr, baker, and maslèr, butcher. In that case the name would tell a job and not a place: the flocks coming down from the upper Orco valley wintered here, where there was water enough for the animals.
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📅 Every year, on 15 August; the Montanaro Carnival lasts about ten days with the Ciaplera and the General
Montanaro celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August; the Montanaro Carnival, deeply felt by the community, lasts about ten days with the typical masks of the Ciaplera, a young woman, and the General, a town gentleman, as well as the classic float parade.
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Outside Montanaro, but an easy day trip away.
