Na Jenụwarị 6, 1542, Francisco de Montejo guzobere Mérida, e wuru ya na ndị Mayan T´ho (tupu Ichcaanziho), e debara aha ya dị ka obodo nwere ezinụlọ 70 ndị Spain na 300 ndị Mayan India. Na July 13, 1618 akpọrọ ya "ezigbo obodo nwere ntụkwasị obi" na asambodo nke Felipe II binyere aka.
Katidral ya bụ nke kacha ochie na New Spain, ọ malitere na 1561 ma raara ya nye Saint Ildefonso, onye nsọ obodo ahụ. Ọrụ ndị ọzọ sitere n’oge ọchịchị ndị ụka bụ ụlọ arụsị San Juan Bautista, La Mejorada, San Cristóbal na ụka Santa Ana Thelọ nsọ nke Orderkpụrụ nke Atọ, nke bụzị Templelọ Nsọ nke Jizọs, bụ nke ndị Francis nwere, mgbe ha chụpụrụ ndị Jesuit na New Spain na narị afọ nke 18.
Ihe owuwu ihe owuwu nke pụtara n'obodo bụ: Casa de Montejo, n'ihi ụdị Plateresque ya; Colegio de San Pedro, nke ndị Jesuit tọrọ ntọala na 1711, ugbu a bụ oche nke Mahadum State; Lọ ọgwụ nke Nuestra Señora del Rosario, taa ụlọ ngosi ihe nka; Clọ Canton wuru nke marble ma nwee ugbu a site na Museum Museum nke Anthropology; Palacelọ Gọọmentị, na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke peninshula nke eserese mgbidi sere; na Plaza de Armas, Paseo Montejo, ahịa na ogige Santiago na Santa Lucía.
Site na Mérida kilomita iri asatọ rue ọdịda anyanwụ bụ Celestún, Pụrụ Iche Biosphere, ebe saịtị nke pink flamingo na-amụba. Iji gaa na ebe nchekwa a, ịchọrọ ikikere site na Sedesol. N'ebe ugwu Mérida n'okporo ụzọ awara awara nke na-aga Progreso bụ Dzibilchaltún, n'ụlọ nsọ ya nke ofmụ bebi asaa ahụ ndị Mayan debara aha ha na anyanwụ.
Progreso nwere ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri kachasị ogologo na mba ahụ: Anyị na-akwado ka ị gaa kilomita ole na ole n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ iji rie azụ na azụ azụ ka ha nwere oge kachasị ụtọ na Yucatan; n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ ị nwere ike ịnụ ụtọ osimiri dị jụụ dịka San Benito na San Bruno.
Motul bụ ebe a mụrụ Felipe Carrillo Puerto, a na-esi ya site na mgbago ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Mérida. N'ịga n'ihu n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ anyị nwere Suma, Cansahcab na Temax, na-atụgharị n'ebe ugwu ị ga-ahụ Dzilam de Bravo, obodo ịkụ azụ. Na nso Boca de Dzilam mmiri ohuru na-asọba site na ala nke oké osimiri ahụ na mgbakwunye na ịbụ mpaghara nke cenotes.
Anyị na-aga n'ihu n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Mérida ebe okporo ụzọ Mérida-Cancún malitere, kilomita 160 nke okporo ụzọ awara awara na Valladolid. Abara n'okporo ụzọ ahụ anyị na-aga ebe ugwu ịga leta Izamal ya na ebe obibi ndị mọnk ya nke San Antonio, nke e wuru na ntọala pre-Hispanic. A na-ahụta atrium ya kachasị ukwuu na America.
