Roman street grid
Inside the old walls the streets still run in the regular pattern of the Roman town. This gives the centre a crisp chequerboard that stands out clearly against the curving roads outside.
Tabula geographica minimalis · Italy
Como — Como Map Poster & Print
45.8082° N / 9.0832° E
A walled Roman grid set against the southern tip of a lake, with steep green slopes rising on both sides.
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- Sine signo aquatico
Una urbs, quinque animi
Como omnibus stilis
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Como: omnis via acutissime expressa
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In pariete
Como domi
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Como Map Poster & Print
Como sits where the south-western arm of Lake Como comes to an end, and from above the town reads as a small, dense rectangle between water and hills. The historic centre still follows the chequerboard of Novum Comum, the Roman colony laid out here, and stretches of medieval wall frame it on three sides. Beyond them the streets loosen and climb into the valley and up the surrounding slopes.
The lakefront is the sharpest line on the map. Promenades curve north along both shores past villas and gardens, while the water opens as a pale wedge between mountains. A funicular runs from the waterfront up to Brunate, drawn as a straight stroke across the looping hillside roads. Como is also the birthplace of Alessandro Volta, and a temple dedicated to him stands on the western shore.
A Como map poster works because of the contrast between order and terrain. The tight blocks of the old town, the broad open lake and the fine lanes that follow the contours of the hills all sit in one frame without crowding each other. In black and white the composition becomes almost architectural, and it holds its own on a wall far from Lombardy.
- Incolae
- 84,808
- Coordinatae
- 45.8082° N / 9.0832° E
- Altitudo
- 201 m
- Zona horaria
- Rome
- Regio
- Como, Italy
The lake's southern tip
The south-western arm of Lake Como ends right at the edge of town, so much of the poster is open water, framed by shorelines that narrow as they run north.
Brunate funicular
The funicular climbing from the lakeside to the village of Brunate draws a single straight line up the eastern slope, crossing the switchback roads that wind towards the same hilltop.
Tuam fac
Como: partem tuam in forma pone
Adde diem, nomen vel versum tuum; muta stilum, magnitudinem vel directionem.
Specimen gratuitum resolutionis humilis est cum nota aquatica. Impressiones et fasciculi HD ad 300 DPI conficiuntur, usque ad 7,200 × 10,800 px, sine nota aquatica.
Cur Como
Tabula quae aliquid significat
People choose Como to remember a honeymoon, a summer on the lake or family roots in Lombardy. The print keeps the essential shapes of water, walls and hillside and leaves out the noise, so it reads as a quiet reminder rather than a souvenir.
You can set your own title and subtitle, add a date or a line of coordinates, and pick one of five styles: Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. Download the HD files for $9 or order a printed poster, framed if you like.
Eme tabulam ComoQuid in fasciculis HD insit300 DPISine signo aquaticoPNG + PDF
| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Comparationis causa, specimen gratuitum 900 px latum est, signo aquatico notatum et ad spectandum in quadris lucidis destinatum. Fasciculi HD usque ad octiens maiorem resolutionem in utramque partem habent et tota tabulae magnitudine pure imprimuntur.
Como Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Quomodo tabulam Como 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 Como 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 Como 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 Como 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.