Melo is the capital city of the Cerro Largo Department of north-eastern Uruguay. As of the census of 2023, it is the ninth most populated city of the country with a population of 56,013.
Artigas Monument and Plaza Constitución
Pedro Melo de Portugal, the city's namesake.
The house of Juana de Ibarbourou (also known as "Juana de América") in Melo.
Juana Fernández Morales de Ibarbourou, also known as Juana de América, was a Uruguayan poet and one of the most popular writers of Spanish America. Her poetry, the earliest of which is often highly er
Melo, Uruguay
…There are two museums: Juana de Ibarbourou's birthplace Regional History Museum…