[4] The central feature of the area is the isolated hill, "Il Ceppo", on the top of which is the church of San Giorgio (patron saint of the region).

Molteno borders the following municipalities: Annone di Brianza, Bosisio Parini, Costa Masnaga, Garbagnate Monastero, Oggiono, Rogeno, Sirone.

After the collapse of the empire, the region fell into warring tribes which allied with the principal barbarian leaders, such as Uraias the Ostrogoth, who laid waste to Milan in 539.

Emperor Barbarossa of the Holy Roman Empire, in his long-running war against an alliance of powerful Italian city states, led several enormous armies through this region in order to attack Milan.

Molteno, like the rest of the Brianza region, later saw the passing of numerous foreign administrations including the Spanish, the French and the Habsburgs before joining the insurrection that led to the unification of Italy.