Dense street mesh
The city is built almost edge to edge, and its fine lattice of short streets produces an even, textile-like surface that looks striking in simple black lines.
Minimalist map poster · Greece
38.0333° N / 23.7000° E
A tightly packed grid of residential blocks in the western Athens basin, merging with its neighbours on every side.





One city, five moods
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Pixel ekwan · 24 × 36″ print filePrint-sharp
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The map
Ílion lies in the north-western part of the Athens basin, one of the municipalities that together make up the continuous urban area around the Greek capital. On a map there is no obvious point where it begins. The city is a fine mesh of short streets and compact blocks that merges with its neighbours, typical of the post-war growth that filled this plain.
The municipality was long known as Nea Liosia. Its current name recalls Ilion, the ancient name of Troy, which links a modern residential district to one of the oldest stories in Greek literature. The street pattern itself is practical rather than monumental: long, roughly parallel roads crossed by many small lanes, with squares and churches marking local centres.
An Ílion map poster captures what larger maps of Athens tend to blur, which is the scale of the neighbourhood. Each block, each pocket of open space and each main avenue becomes legible, and the dense texture turns into a pattern with real visual weight. For anyone who grew up or lives here, it shows home at the size it is actually experienced.
The city is built almost edge to edge, and its fine lattice of short streets produces an even, textile-like surface that looks striking in simple black lines.
No river or wall separates Ílion from the surrounding municipalities, so the poster shows it as part of the wider Athens fabric rather than as an island.
The municipality took the name Ílion, the ancient name of Troy, in place of Nea Liosia. The title line on the poster can carry whichever name means more to you.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
Preview ededa low-resolution im watermark. Print im HD files erender iaan 300 DPI, dedaña ñan 7,200 × 10,800 px, ededa watermark.
Why Ílion
This is a map for people with a personal link to western Athens: a first flat, a childhood street, a family that has lived in the same neighbourhood for generations. It skips postcard landmarks and shows the place as locals know it.
Add a title, a subtitle such as a street name or a year, and the coordinates line, then choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. The $9 digital files come in six print sizes, or you can order a printed poster with an optional frame.
Oder poster Ílion| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
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Eko. Emwit frame wood solid iaan black, white, oak natural ke wood dark. Etaña shatterproof glazing im ready ñan hang. Poster eframe emeja iaan {framedFrom}, shipping ededo.
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Kabun photo bwira iaan 14 aean mai delivery, im bwira ereprint ededo ke erefund.
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