Northern stelae field
The ancient granite stelae stand together on open ground at the edge of the centre. On the map this shows as a clear break in the streets, a reminder that the town grew around its monuments.
Tabula geographica minimalis · Ethiopia
Aksum — Aksum Map Poster & Print
14.1211° N / 38.7234° E
A highland town below rocky hills, its low streets gathered around stelae fields and an ancient cathedral precinct.
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In pariete
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Aksum Map Poster & Print
Aksum lies on a plateau in northern Ethiopia, more than two thousand metres above sea level, with bare hills rising directly behind the town. From above, the street pattern is modest and irregular. A main road runs through the centre, lanes branch off between compounds, and open ground left by excavations and archaeological zones creates gaps in the built-up area.
Those gaps are where the town's significance lies. Aksum was the capital of the Aksumite Kingdom, a trading power of the first millennium, and its carved granite stelae still stand in the northern stelae field. Nearby, in a walled precinct, is the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, which Ethiopian Orthodox tradition holds to house the Ark of the Covenant. UNESCO lists the archaeological sites.
An Aksum map poster renders the place with restraint: a small street network, the edges of the historic precincts, and the old reservoir near the stelae field that tradition links to the Queen of Sheba. The layout is quiet, but the ground beneath it holds centuries of use, and simple lines suit a place like that.
- Incolae
- 94,500
- Coordinatae
- 14.1211° N / 38.7234° E
- Altitudo
- 2131 m
- Zona horaria
- Addis Ababa
- Regio
- Aksum, Ethiopia
Cathedral precinct
The walled enclosure of Our Lady Mary of Zion forms a distinct block near the stelae. Its geometry stands apart from the looser pattern of lanes and houses around it.
Hills behind the town
Rocky hills rise right above Aksum, and roads bend around their base. The streets thin out as the slope steepens, which gives the poster a natural upper boundary.
Tuam fac
Aksum: partem tuam in forma pone
Adde diem, nomen vel versum tuum; muta stilum, magnitudinem vel directionem.
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Cur Aksum
Tabula quae aliquid significat
For Ethiopians at home and abroad, Aksum carries religious and historical weight that few towns can match. Travellers who have stood among the stelae often want something quieter than a photograph to remember it by. A map keeps the whole place in view at once.
Add your own title, a subtitle such as the year of a journey or a family line, and a coordinates line. The design comes in Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand. You can buy it as a $9 set of HD files in six sizes or as a printed poster on matte paper.
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| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
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| 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 15.7″) | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3, 11.7 × 16.5″) | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2, 16.5 × 23.4″) | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm (18 × 24″) | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm (19.7 × 27.6″) | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 36″) | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
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Aksum Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Quomodo tabulam Aksum emere possum?
Elige formam in summa pagina, deinde selige Tabulam Typis Impressam — magnitudinem et, si vis, compagem — vel Fasciculos Digitales HD. Emptio uno gradu conficitur, et pagina emptionis tuae statim renovatur ubi primum solutio confecta est.
Qualis est tabula Aksum typis impressa?
In charta opaca praestanti 200 gsm typis imprimitur, una ex sex magnitudinibus, a 30 × 40 cm usque ad 24 × 36″. Tabulae typis impressae incipiunt a $39, missione inclusa.
Possumne tabulam Aksum compagine inclusam emere?
Ita. Elige compagem ex solido ligno, colore nigro, albo, quercu naturali vel ligno obscuro. Vitro infrangibili instructa venit et ad suspendendum parata est. Tabulae compagine inclusae incipiunt a $99, missione inclusa.
Quantum temporis missio sumit, et quanti constat?
Missio ubique terrarum gratuita est. Quodque propositum a socio typographico nostro proximo, in plus quam 30 terris, imprimitur et plerumque intra 3–7 dies negotiales advenit. Condicionem et vestigium in sectione «Mea mandata» sequi potes. In paucis terris 2–5 hebdomades requiruntur, et ubi nondum mittimus, situs te ante solutionem monet.
Quid si tabula mea laesa pervenit?
Mitte nobis imaginem intra 14 dies post missionem acceptam, et eam gratis iterum imprimemus vel pecuniam tibi reddemus.
Possumne nomina nostra vel diem tabulae Aksum addere?
Ita. In instrumento huius paginae, titulum, subtitulum et lineam coordinatarum ad libitum muta, et formam ac magnitudinem elige. Emptiones typis impressae, compagine inclusae et digitales omnes exacte figuram tuam adhibent.
Quid cum fasciculis digitalibus HD accipio?
Pro $9 accipis fasciculos PNG 300 DPI et PDF ad imprimendum paratos in omnibus sex magnitudinibus, sine nota aquatica, ut ubique imprimere possis. Nondum certus es? Prius specimen gratuitum cum nota aquatica demitte.