Granite hills
Rounded rocky hills surround the town and appear on the map as open spaces the street network bends around, giving Savé its characteristic shape.
Minimalist map poster · Benin
8.0342° N / 2.4866° E
A central Benin town ringed by granite hills, with the railway and main north road passing along its edge

One city, five moods
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The map
Savé lies in the Collines department of central Benin, a name that fits: the town is surrounded by rounded granite hills rising from the plain. On the map, those outcrops appear as blank or softly shaded areas that the streets avoid, so the town's roads bend around them and cluster in the lower ground between.
Savé is the historic centre of the Shabe, a Yoruba kingdom, and remains an important market town on the route between the coast and northern Benin. The main north–south highway and the railway from Cotonou both pass through the area, giving the map two long, straight lines that contrast with the irregular pattern of local streets.
A Savé map poster shows a town that is shaped as much by rock as by planning. Its streets fit into the spaces the hills allow, and the result is a distinctive, uneven outline that feels very different from the coastal cities of the south.
Rounded rocky hills surround the town and appear on the map as open spaces the street network bends around, giving Savé its characteristic shape.
The main road linking southern and northern Benin passes through Savé, a strong line that anchors the town's commercial activity along its route.
The railway from Cotonou runs past the town, a long, gently curving line that adds a second axis to the map alongside the highway.
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 Savé
For people from Savé, the hills around the town are an unmistakable part of home. A map poster keeps that landscape in view, and makes a meaningful gift for relatives in Cotonou, elsewhere in West Africa or in Europe.
Add a personal title and subtitle and choose whether to show coordinates. The poster comes in five styles, Classic black and white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand, as $9 HD files in six sizes or printed on matte paper with an optional frame.
Order the Savé 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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