Although the site was inhabited since Paleolithic, but
more archaeological discoveries are from Neolith. The most significant period
was a transition from Bronze to the Iron Ages, when the Celts around the 6th
century BC had oppidum above the village. On the same place was a settlement
from the Great Moravia period. The village was first mentioned in 1256 under
name villa Solmus, though the settlement started to grow in the late
Middle Ages. In the 14th century, the gothic Smolenice Castle was
