Numbered colonial grid
Two main axes divide the centre into quadrants, and the streets are numbered outward in each direction. The result is one of the most orderly street plans of any colonial city in the Americas.
Minimalist map poster · Mexico
19.0478° N / 98.2072° W
A colonial chessboard of numbered streets on a high valley floor, with volcanoes on the western horizon.





One city, five moods
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The map
Puebla was founded in 1531 on an open plain, and its planners drew it with a ruler. From above, the historic centre is a near-perfect grid of long rectangular blocks. The grid is turned slightly off north, with the zócalo and cathedral at its heart. Streets are numbered outward from two central axes, so the city reads almost like graph paper, one block after another in every direction.
Beyond the old core the grid loosens into newer districts. The Periférico and the highways toward Mexico City and Veracruz trace wider arcs. To the north rise the hills of Loreto and Guadalupe, where forts stood during the battle of 5 May 1862, a victory now remembered as Cinco de Mayo. To the west lies Cholula, almost joined to Puebla by continuous streets.
A Puebla map poster works because the pattern stays legible at every scale. At a small size the grid reads as texture, and at a large one you can follow individual calles and avenidas from the centre to the edge. The historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, known for its tiled Talavera facades, though on paper it is the geometry that tells the story.
Two main axes divide the centre into quadrants, and the streets are numbered outward in each direction. The result is one of the most orderly street plans of any colonial city in the Americas.
North of the centre, green space breaks the pattern. The forts of Loreto and Guadalupe sit here on high ground above the city, where the 1862 battle was fought.
The Atoyac runs along the western side of the city. Its curve cuts against the grid and separates Puebla from the suburbs that stretch toward Cholula.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
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Why Puebla
For anyone who studied, married or grew up in Puebla, the grid works like an address book, and every block holds a memory. Use a neighbourhood name as the title and a date as the subtitle, then keep or edit the coordinates line underneath.
Classic black and white gives crisp lines, and Sand gives a warmer tone that sits well with tiled kitchens and terracotta. The $9 digital HD files include six sizes as 300 DPI PNG and print-ready PDF. Printed posters ship on matte paper, with an optional frame.
Oder poster Puebla| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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Eprint iaan matte paper 200 gsm, iaan size eo eo, mai 30 × 40 cm ñan 24 × 36″. Poster eprint eo emeja iaan $39, shipping ededo.
Eko. Emwit frame wood solid iaan black, white, oak natural ke wood dark. Etaña shatterproof glazing im ready ñan hang. Poster eframe emeja iaan $99, shipping ededo.
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Kabun photo bwira iaan 14 aean mai delivery, im bwira ereprint ededo ke erefund.
Eko. Iaan editor page eanin, ouga change title, subtitle, im coordinates line ñan tomwin ouga koda, im emwit style im size. Order eprint, eframe im digital otata ekamowa design ouga tomwin.
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