Minimalist map poster · Brazil

Itabira Map Poster

A hilly mining town in Minas Gerais, with streets wound around ridges and a vast open-pit landscape at its edge.

19.6192° S / 43.2269° W

Itabira map poster — ClassicItabira map poster — NoirItabira map poster — PaperItabira map poster — BlueprintItabira map poster — Sand
$9one-time · all 6 sizes · instant download
  • What you see is exactly what you get
  • Up to 7,200 × 10,800 px · 300 DPI
  • PNG + print-ready PDF
  • No watermark

One city, five moods

Itabira in every style

Tap a style to see it on the wall. Every style is included in the same $9 price.

Close-up of the Itabira map poster at print resolutionActual pixels · 24 × 36″ HD file

Print-sharp

Every street in Itabira, razor sharp

This is a crop of the real HD file at 100%. The paid download is rendered on our servers at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 pixels, so even the smallest lanes stay crisp on a 24 × 36″ print.

The map

About this Itabira map poster

Itabira sits among the iron-rich hills of central Minas Gerais, and its street plan follows the terrain closely. Roads curve along slopes and fold back on themselves, and the older centre fits into a narrow, uneven basin. On a map, few blocks are square. Most of the town is a mesh of short, bending streets shaped by the hills.

The town's name is linked to iron ore. Itabira was where the mining company Vale, originally Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, was founded in 1942, and large mining areas still sit beside the urban fabric. Itabira is also the birthplace of the poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, who wrote about the town and its mountain throughout his life.

An Itabira map poster captures that contrast between a close-knit hill town and the engineered terraces of the mines nearby. In monochrome, the tight residential streets become a fine, dense texture, and the broad industrial zones read as open, stepped shapes. It is a map of a place where geology and daily life sit side by side.

Population
118,000
Coordinates
19.6192° S / 43.2269° W
Elevation
794 m
Time zone
Sao Paulo
Region
Itabira, Brazil
01

Hillside streets

Streets follow contour lines around the ridges, which gives the central neighbourhoods a curving, layered pattern instead of a regular grid.

02

Mining terraces

Large extraction areas next to the town show as broad, stepped forms, a clear break from the fine grain of the residential streets.

03

Poet's hometown

Carlos Drummond de Andrade was born here, and the town he often wrote about still keeps its old centre in the valley between the hills.

Make it yours

Frame your part of Itabira

Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.

Free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. The HD version is 7,200 × 10,800 px, 300 DPI, no watermark.

Why Itabira

A map that means something

Itabira is a natural choice for readers of Drummond, for families whose lives were tied to the mines, or for anyone from Minas Gerais who knows these hill towns well. The poster is a quiet tribute to a small place that shaped much larger stories.

Personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates line. You could add a line of verse or a meaningful date. Then choose one of five styles: Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. Noir works especially well for the dense hillside streets.

Get the Itabira poster — $9
What's in the HD download300 DPINo watermarkPNG + PDF
Print sizeResolutionFiles
30 × 40 cm3,543 × 4,724 pxPNG · PDF
50 × 70 cm5,906 × 8,268 pxPNG · PDF
A3 · 29.7 × 42 cm3,508 × 4,961 pxPNG · PDF
A2 · 42 × 59.4 cm4,961 × 7,016 pxPNG · PDF
18 × 24"5,400 × 7,200 pxPNG · PDF
24 × 36"7,200 × 10,800 pxPNG · PDF

For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.

Itabira map poster — FAQ

Can I choose which part of Itabira is on the poster?

Yes. Drag and zoom the map in the editor — centre it on your neighbourhood, the old town or the whole metro area. The text updates independently.

What sizes is the Itabira poster available in?

The HD purchase includes 30×40 cm, 50×70 cm, A3, A2, 18×24″ and 24×36″, each as a 300 DPI PNG and a print-ready PDF.

Is there a free version of the Itabira map poster?

You can download a free 900 px preview with a watermark. The paid HD files have no watermark and are sharp enough for large prints.

How do I print my Itabira map?

Send the PDF to any local print shop or online printing service and ask for the matching paper size. Matte paper and a thin black or oak frame suit this style best.