The village of Smolenice is located below the picturesque southeastern foothills of the Little Carpathians. They are first documented in a document from 1256 as Villa Solmus. The name Smolenice is probably derived from pitchers, producers of pitch. At the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. Smolenice became a small town, they were surrounded by a built wall with watchtowers, bastions. They had their coat of arms, a pillar of shame (pranier), a claw and a hole. The village and its surroundings are an important tourist center.
The village of Smolenice is located below the picturesque southeastern foothills of the Little Carpathians. They are first documented in a document from 1256 as Villa Solmus. The name Smolenice is probably derived from pitchers, producers of pitch. At the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. Smolenice became a small town, they were surrounded by a built wall with watchtowers, bastions. They had their coat of arms, a pillar of shame (pranier), a claw and a hole. The village and its surroundings are an important tourist center.