Melo, Uruguay

Melo on the map of Uruguay

Melo is a city in north-eastern Uruguay.

Geography

It lies on the river Arroyo de Los Conventos only 60 km from the Brazilian border, in the center of the department of Cerro Largo, whose capital it is. The distance to the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo is 387 km.

History

Melo was founded on June 27, 1795 by Agustín de la Rosa as a Spanish military post. It was named the city after the incumbent from 1795 to 1797, Viceroy of the Río de la Plata, Pedro de Melo de Portugal y Villena ( 1733-1798 ). As Uruguay then gained independence, Melo was the provincial capital. On May 22, 1895 Melo received by Act No. 2327 the status of " Ciudad ".

On November 15, 1955, the present diocese Melo was built based in Melo. In 1988, Pope John Paul II visited the city.

Infrastructure

Education

Melo has a total of three secondary schools ( Liceo ). These are the Founded in 1912, the Liceo N º 1 Departamental " Juana de Ibarbourou " ( 3,330 students), in 1977 the teaching receiving Liceo N º 2 " Justino Zavala Muniz " ( 929 students) and since 1992 Liceo N º 3 ( 857 students). (As of 2008)

Culture and sights

Due to the large immigration of Brazilians from Rio Grande do Sul in the middle of the 19th century have the culture, way of life and even combines the language in Melo with the Brazilian. One finds in Melo a unique originality and an identification with old Brazilian traditions like Mardi Gras and spring dances.

Local attractions include some of the most important square of the city, in the middle of a monument to General José G. Artigas is located with its statue. This place carries after he was originally known as Plaza Vieja, Plaza Constitución the name. He was declared a Monumento Histórico Nacional. It is surrounded by the police department of the department of Cerro Largo, which was built in 1876 Iglesia Catedral, the Club Unión de Melo and many established in the 19 century houses. Again, the transmitter CW 53 La Voz de Melo Melo and Canal 12 TV are located. Other important places of the streets Grail belongs. Justino Muniz, Florencio Sánchez, Agustín de la Rosa and Parque Colon framed Plaza Independencia. There is also in the Melo few blocks from the city center Located close to the Liceo No. 1, provided with a monument in honor of General Aparicio Saravia Plaza Aparicio Saravia. Furthermore, sometimes also known as Plaza de las Carretas Plaza Dionisio Coronel exists.

Sports

In Melo Uruguayan football club Cerro Largo FC 's home, which plays its home games at Estadio Municipal " Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla ".

Traffic

In Melo, the Uruguayan highways Ruta Ruta 8 and 26 intersect the city also has a connection to the air traffic with a twelve kilometer northwest of the city airport Cerro Largo.

Population

The city has 51 830 inhabitants (as of 2011), of which 24,517 male and 27,313 female. A large part of the population of the department, which itself has a total of only about 84 698 inhabitants (as of 2011), thus lives in Melo.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Ildefonso Aroztegui (1916-1988), architect
  • Betervide Salvador (1903-1936), politician
  • Leonardo Burián ( born 1984 ), football player
  • Vladimiro Collazo ( born 1933), artist
  • Villanueva Cosse ( born 1933), actor, director, writer
  • Eber da Rosa Viñoles (1949-1997), politician
  • Juana de Ibarbourou (1895-1975), poet
  • Amalia de la Vega (1919-2000), singer
  • Andrés Echevarría (born 1964 ), writer
  • Tabaré Etcheverry (1945-1978), singer and composer
  • Gley Eyherabide (* 1934), writer
  • Enrique Fernández ( born 1953 ), director
  • Casiano Monegal (1888-1944), writer
  • Emilio Oribe (1893-1975), writer
  • Saviniano "nano" Pérez (1907-1985), politician
  • Villanueva Saravia (1964-1998), politician
  • Justino Zavala Muniz (1898-1968), writer, politician

Others

Melo is the venue of the award-winning, at the film festival in Cannes, first given in 2007 film " El baño del Papa - The big business ".

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