Monte Porrara, Mountain summit in Abruzzo, Italy

Monte Porrara is a 2,137-metre mountain in the Maiella National Park, on the border between the provinces of L'Aquila and Chieti. Its north-south ridge runs about 9 km from Guado di Coccia to near Valico della Forchetta, passing La Paradina, Ogniquota, Monte Pareti Rosse and Monte Malvone. The eastern slope belongs to Palena, the western to Campo di Giove, and the Aventino river rises at its foot.

In Roman times the mountain was called Palleno, from which the name of Palena derives, meaning "meadow on a steep slope". The current name means "mountain of leeks", after the wild leek growing at low altitude on the eastern slope. Three saints prayed here at different times: Falco, a hermit in an 11th-century cave between the mountain and the Maiella, Pietro Angelerio da Morrone (later Celestine V) in the 13th-century Grotta Taverna, and Nicolò da Forca Palena in the 14th century.

The mountain's name comes from the porro, a wild leek that grows at low elevations on its eastern slope. In Roman times it was called Palleno, meaning "meadow on a steep slope", the root of the name Palena. Three saints prayed here at different times: Falco in the 11th century, Pietro Angelerio (later Celestine V) in the 13th, and Nicolò da Forca Palena in the 14th.

The ridge runs 9 km north to south, from Guado di Coccia (1,674 m), the pass linking it to the Maiella massif, to near Valico della Forchetta (1,276 m), above the Quarto Santa Chiara plateau. The summit lies in Campo di Giove territory, the eastern slope in Palena; part of the mountain falls within the Quarto Santa Chiara nature reserve. Snow and temperatures down to −7 °C are frequent in winter, with strong day-night temperature swings in summer.

The mountain's name comes from the wild leek (porro) that grows at low altitudes on its eastern slope. Its Roman name, Palleno, gave rise to the town of Palena below and meant "meadow on a steep slope". The ridge also includes Monte Pareti Rosse, named for the pink glow the limestone takes on at dawn and dusk.