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Melo

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The capital of Cerro Largo department, near the Brazilian border.

Melo
Photo: Joaquinsh · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

In our stories

  • Crossing the continent

    Their 2017 line ran border-to-Colonia through Melo, Cerro Chato and Durazno, across country so still after Brazil that the quiet itself became the story; with every…

  • Who's cycled Uruguay

    Brazil border → Melo → Cerro Chato → Duranzo → Colonia del Sacramento; ~1,200 km through Uruguayan interior.

In community accounts

  • Zoë Agasi & Olivier Van Herck

    Brazil border → Melo → Cerro Chato → Duranzo → Colonia del Sacramento; ~1,200 km through Uruguayan interior.

  • Richard van Dijke

    Montevideo → San José → Trinidad → Carmen → Melo → Aceguá border (Brazil); interior Uruguay traverse, May 2026.