Merida wurde offiziell vom "Jüngeren" Francisco de Montejo gegründet und er widmete die Stadt der "Dame der Verkörperung". ###>On the 6th of January 1542, Merida was formally founded by Francisco de Montejo "the younger", who dedicated it to The Lady of the Incarnation, registering in the act of its installation as a town, to 70 Spanish families and 300 indigenous inhabitants as its founders.