Central park grid
The historic centre is built on square blocks around a plaza and church, a colonial-era planning habit that gives the middle of the map a crisp, even rhythm.
Minimalist map poster · Costa Rica
10.3266° N / 84.4320° W
A northern Costa Rican hill town laid out on a grid, stepping down toward the San Carlos lowlands

One city, five moods
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The map
Quesada, usually called Ciudad Quesada, is the head town of San Carlos canton in Alajuela Province. It sits on the northern slopes of Costa Rica's central mountains, above the broad plains that run toward Nicaragua. From above, its centre follows the traditional Costa Rican pattern: a regular grid of blocks organised around a central park and the main church.
Beyond the core the grid loosens. Streets begin to follow the contours, and the town frays into lanes and farm roads as the land drops away. Rivers and streams cut small, steep valleys through the slope, and on a detailed map these ravines create green gaps that interrupt the rows of blocks.
The region is known for agriculture and cattle, and much of the land around the town is pasture and cropland. A Quesada map poster shows that transition clearly: an ordered urban heart, then a scatter of roads reaching out across a wet, fertile landscape. It is a very different view of Costa Rica from the coastal images most people know.
The historic centre is built on square blocks around a plaza and church, a colonial-era planning habit that gives the middle of the map a crisp, even rhythm.
The town lies on an incline, and small stream valleys cut down through it, breaking the grid into sections and adding curving lines where the terrain drops.
Routes leave the town northward and downhill toward the San Carlos lowlands, fanning out across farmland and giving the edges of the poster a sense of direction.
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The free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. Prints and HD files are rendered at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 px, without a watermark.
Why Quesada
For families from San Carlos, or anyone who has spent time in the northern zone, Ciudad Quesada is the reference point of the region. Its grid and slopes make an image that is recognisable to locals and quietly graphic to everyone else.
Add a custom title, a subtitle such as a name or date, and the coordinates line, in one of five styles. The digital download includes six print sizes as 300 DPI PNG and PDF files without a watermark.
Order the Quesada poster| 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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It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.
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Yes. In the editor on this page, change the title, the subtitle and the coordinates line to anything you like, and pick a style and size. Printed, framed and digital orders all use exactly your design.
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