Contour-hugging streets
Most streets follow the slope sideways, not head-on. They make long curving bands stacked one above another, linked by short steep lanes and stairways that climb between them.
Tabula geographica minimalis · Portugal
Covilhã — Covilhã Map Poster & Print
40.2811° N / 7.5050° W
A steep town climbing the eastern flank of the Serra da Estrela, its streets stacked in tight contours above the Zêzere valley
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Una urbs, quinque animi
Covilhã omnibus stilis
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In pariete
Covilhã domi
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Covilhã Map Poster & Print
Covilhã sits on a slope that falls sharply from the granite heights of the Serra da Estrela toward the broad Zêzere valley. From above, the town reads as a series of stepped terraces. Streets run along the contour lines, and short, steep connectors cut straight down between them. Few places in Portugal show their terrain so clearly in the street pattern.
For centuries the town lived from wool and cloth. Water coming off the mountain powered mills along the streams on either side of the centre. Many of those factory buildings now belong to the University of Beira Interior, so a large part of the town's industrial fabric has become lecture halls and campus. On a map, that shows as larger blocks scattered among the smaller older lots.
A Covilhã map poster shows the tension between mountain and valley. The historic core packs itself onto the upper slope. Newer neighbourhoods spread downhill toward the flatter ground, and roads wind upward toward the plateau. With the colour taken away, the town becomes a study in gradient: dense and knotted at the top, looser and more regular where the land levels out.
- Incolae
- 17,610
- Coordinatae
- 40.2811° N / 7.5050° W
- Altitudo
- 700 m
- Zona horaria
- Lisbon
- Regio
- Covilhã, Portugal
Stream valleys
Small watercourses cut down the mountainside on either side of the old centre. They once powered the wool mills, and they still mark natural edges in the town's layout.
Road to the heights
Winding roads leave the upper edge of town and climb toward the Serra da Estrela plateau. Their tight switchbacks stand out against the denser urban grid below.
Tuam fac
Covilhã: partem tuam in forma pone
Adde diem, nomen vel versum tuum; muta stilum, magnitudinem vel directionem.
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Cur Covilhã
Tabula quae aliquid significat
Covilhã is often the town people remember from studying at the university, skiing in the mountains or visiting family in the Beira interior. A map of its stacked streets is a quiet reminder of a place defined by its slope.
You can personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates line, for example with a graduation year or a family name. Choose from five styles: Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. Order it as a $9 digital file or as a printed poster with an optional wooden frame.
Eme tabulam CovilhãQuid in fasciculis HD insit300 DPISine signo aquaticoPNG + PDF
| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 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 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 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.
Covilhã Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Quomodo tabulam Covilhã 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 Covilhã 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 Covilhã 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 gratuita est in plus quam 60 terras. Quodque poster ab proximo ex sociis nostris typographicis in plus quam 30 terris imprimitur et plerumque intra 3–7 dies negotiales advenit. Statum et vestigium sub «Mea mandata» sequi potes. Quaedam terrae 2–5 hebdomades requirunt, 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 Covilhã 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.