Smilevo village is the birthplace of the Macedonian national hero Dame Gruev – one of the founders of IMRO (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Macedonian: ВМРО).
The memorial park dedicated to Dame Gruev was built in 1963.
On the occasion of 100 years of the Ilinden Uprising in 2003, a memorial museum was built, consisting of the several thematic entities and on the hill above the village.
