 The merger of several formerly separate properties of the monastery of S. Abbondio in Como in 1535, led to the establishment of the "Concilium Sancti Abundii" which covered not only Gentilino but the village of Montagnola with the hamlets of Vigilio, Orino, Arasio, Certenago, Poprino, Barca and Scairolo.An inventory of the monastery mentioned the presence of a fortress at Arasio.Montagnola belongs to the parish of S. Abbondio at Gentilino.