Valley-floor town
The built area stretches along the lowest ground, so the street pattern is long and narrow rather than round, a shape set by the slopes on either side.
Minimalist map poster · Brazil
22.7231° S / 44.1356° W
A small town laid along a valley floor, with forested ridges of the Rio de Janeiro interior folding in on every side

One city, five moods
Tap a style to see it on the wall. Every style costs the same — printed, framed or as HD files.
Actual pixels · 24 × 36″ print filePrint-sharp
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On the wall



The map
Rio Claro sits in the hilly interior of Rio de Janeiro state, far from the coast and the metropolitan sprawl most people link with the region. On a map the town appears as a narrow settlement along the bottom of a valley. Its streets are pressed between slopes, and its roads leave along the few natural corridors the terrain allows.
The name means clear river, and the low ground along streams and rivers is what organises the place. Streets tend to run parallel to the valley floor, crossed by short lanes that climb until the gradient stops them. Beyond the built edge, rural roads wind through farmland and patches of Atlantic forest. There the drawing grows sparse, leaving broad pale areas where the hills take over.
A Rio Claro map poster keeps that relationship between settlement and landscape intact. The dense knot of the centre, the thin lines heading out to neighbouring districts and the empty spaces of the ridges all translate well into black and white. The result is quiet and linear, and it is clearly shaped by geography rather than by planning.
The built area stretches along the lowest ground, so the street pattern is long and narrow rather than round, a shape set by the slopes on either side.
As the name suggests, streams and rivers run through the valleys here, and the map follows their low ground, with roads and streets arranged along it.
Outside the centre the map thins into winding rural roads and wide unbuilt areas, the kind of negative space that gives a minimalist poster room to breathe.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
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 Rio Claro
Small inland towns rarely appear on printed maps of Brazil, and that is part of the appeal. For people who grew up here, have family in the valley or remember it from a trip into the interior, the poster records a place that matters to them personally even though it is not famous.
You can set your own title, add a date that matters and adjust the coordinates line, then choose from five styles: Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. The HD files cost $9 and include six print sizes. You can also order a printed poster on matte paper.
Order the Rio Claro 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.
Pick a style at the top of the page, then choose Printed Poster — a size and, if you like, a frame — or Digital HD Files. Checkout takes one step, and your order page updates as soon as the payment goes through.
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.
Yes. Choose a solid wood frame in black, white, natural oak or dark wood. It comes with shatterproof glazing and is ready to hang. Framed posters start at $99, shipping included.
Shipping is free to 60+ countries. Each poster is printed by the nearest of our print partners in 30+ countries and usually arrives in 3–7 business days. You can follow the status and tracking under My Orders. A few countries take 2–5 weeks, and where we don't ship yet, the site tells you before you pay.
Send us a photo within 14 days of delivery and we will reprint it for free or refund you.
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.
For $9 you get 300 DPI PNG and print-ready PDF files in all six sizes, without a watermark, to print anywhere. Not sure yet? Download a free watermarked preview first.
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