[1] Near the village, on the right bank of Shkumbin river at an elevation of 1,040 metres (3,410 ft) above sea level, 5 Illyrian Royal Tombs of Selca e Poshtme are found.

In 1996, Albania included the Royal Tombs of Lower Selcë in the UNESCO World heritage list of proposals.

[3] The site of Selcë was in antiquity a flourishing economical centre more developed than the surroundings because it occupied a predominant position inside the region currently called Mokër, and because it controlled the road which led from the Adriatic coasts of Illyria to Macedonia.

[7][4] Lower Selcë is a suggested location of the historic site of Pellion,[8][9] where in 335 BC Alexander the Great advanced his forces to attack the Illyrians under Cleitus, son of Bardylis and Glaukias of the Taulantii, following the death of Philip II, thus securing Macedonia's northern border before leaving to conquer Asia.

[9] However alternative locations for Pelion have been proposed, including Zvezde near Korça or in Goricë.