 Ne stands for "Nae", meaning "ship", and refers to the shape of Monte Zatta, the highest mountain of the area at an elevation of .It adjoins the valley of Graveglia, the ancient realm of Garibald, the king of the Lombards who fled from Lombardy in 673.The family of the founder of the modern, united Italian state, Giuseppe Garibaldi, originated in the nearby valley of Graveglia.