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 Isidore the Laborer 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 Isidore the Laborer 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 Parts of , a crime-sensation novel by Robert M. Rynkowski, were set in the village.
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