[1] Along the old route used by Spanish conquistadors, which led from Santiago de Arma to the province of Antioquia, a small village was founded in 1619 with the name Sabaletas, which is now known as Montebello.

Currently, Montebello is a small town whose progress is tied to the year 1941, when it connected to the road leading to the municipality of La Pintada.

The first Spanish conquistadors to set foot in these lands were men under the marshal Jorge Robledo, after exterminating all the indigenous families they encountered[citation needed].

For a long time, no significant events occurred in the history of this municipality, until 1843, when Juan de la Cruz Gómez Plata, head of the Diocese of Medellín, ordered the church to be moved to another location during a visit to the parish of Sabaletas.

This order sparked a debate among the residents, which culminated in many of them settling in what is now the town center of the municipality until the creation of a new settlement[citation needed].

Points of interest: From the town center to the Itagüí metro station, there is a distance of 40 km, which takes approximately 50 minutes to travel.

Milenio Stéreo is a community radio station with 200 watts of power that operates from the town center of Montebello, located in the southeast of the department of Antioquia.

The local economy has traditionally relied on agriculture, primarily large-scale coffee production, along with plantain, avocados, beans, corn, and, to a lesser extent, tobacco, cacao, and mango.