Smolany, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Smolany (; ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puńsk, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.

In the village there is the Roman Catholic parish church of St. Isidore the Ploughman and the seat of the parish.

History

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 69 and 7 homes, a primary school a brick-built monastery church was built in 1839. in 1889 it was numbered at 253 people and 32 homes

Tourist attractions

• Stone church of St. Isidore the Ploughman built in 1834–39, founded by Michael Haberman,
• Classical, post-Reformation monastery from 1839 to 1840, since 1995 Retreat House of the Diocese of Elk.
• Haberman family burial chapel from 1846.
• Brick fence from the 19th century.

Smolany in literature

Bloody silvers - a crime-sensation novel by Robert M. Rynkowski

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