Contour-hugging streets
Most streets follow the slope sideways, not head-on. They make long curving bands stacked one above another, linked by short steep lanes and stairways that climb between them.
Ata mapa faigafua · Portugal
Covilhã — Covilhã Map Poster & Print
40.2811° N / 7.5050° W
A steep town climbing the eastern flank of the Serra da Estrela, its streets stacked in tight contours above the Zêzere valley
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Kolo e tahi, lanu e nima
Covilhã ʻi te faʻahiga fuli
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ʻI Te Puipui
Covilhã ʻi te fale
Te mapa
Covilhã Map Poster & Print
Covilhã sits on a slope that falls sharply from the granite heights of the Serra da Estrela toward the broad Zêzere valley. From above, the town reads as a series of stepped terraces. Streets run along the contour lines, and short, steep connectors cut straight down between them. Few places in Portugal show their terrain so clearly in the street pattern.
For centuries the town lived from wool and cloth. Water coming off the mountain powered mills along the streams on either side of the centre. Many of those factory buildings now belong to the University of Beira Interior, so a large part of the town's industrial fabric has become lecture halls and campus. On a map, that shows as larger blocks scattered among the smaller older lots.
A Covilhã map poster shows the tension between mountain and valley. The historic core packs itself onto the upper slope. Newer neighbourhoods spread downhill toward the flatter ground, and roads wind upward toward the plateau. With the colour taken away, the town becomes a study in gradient: dense and knotted at the top, looser and more regular where the land levels out.
- Kaugamālie
- 17,610
- Koʻolitinē
- 40.2811° N / 7.5050° W
- Māʻolunga
- 700 m
- Temi fakafenua
- Lisbon
- Potu
- Covilhã, Portugal
Stream valleys
Small watercourses cut down the mountainside on either side of the old centre. They once powered the wool mills, and they still mark natural edges in the town's layout.
Road to the heights
Winding roads leave the upper edge of town and climb toward the Serra da Estrela plateau. Their tight switchbacks stand out against the denser urban grid below.
Faʻu ke ʻau ʻa ʻau
Fakakupesi tou potu ʻo Covilhã
Tuku he ʻaho, he hingoa peʻe he kiʻi palalau ʻa ʻau, fetogi te faʻahiga, te lahi peʻe te hake.
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Koteā ko Covilhã
He mapa ʻe maʻuhiga
Covilhã is often the town people remember from studying at the university, skiing in the mountains or visiting family in the Beira interior. A map of its stacked streets is a quiet reminder of a place defined by its slope.
You can personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates line, for example with a graduation year or a family name. Choose from five styles: Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. Order it as a $9 digital file or as a printed poster with an optional wooden frame.
Fakatau te posita CovilhãKo te meʻa ʻi te faile HD300 DPIʻE mole he fakaʻilongaPNG + PDF
| Lahi ʻo te pulūti | Mahino | Faile |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Ko te ata ʻe mole totogi ʻe 900 px tona laulahi, mo te fakaʻilonga, ki te sioʻata pē. Ko te ʻu faile HD ʻe aʻu ki te liuga 8 tona mahino, pea ʻe pulūti lelei ʻi te lahi kātoa.
Covilhã Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Feafeaʻi taku fakatau te posita Covilhã?
Fili he sitaili ʻi te tuʻa ʻo te pasina, pea fili leva te Posita Tā — he lahi pea, kapau ʻe ke loto ai, he fakakātoa — peʻe ko te ʻu Faila HD Fakakomipiuta. ʻE tahi pē te sitepu ʻo te totogi, pea ʻe fakafou fakavavevave pē tau pasina fakatau mai te taimi ʻe fai ai te totogi.
ʻE feafeaʻi te posita Covilhã kua tā?
ʻE tā ʻi he pepa lelei ʻaupito 200 gsm matte, ʻi he tahi ʻo te ono lahi, mai te 30 × 40 cm ki te 24 × 36″. ʻE kamata te ʻu posita tā ʻi te $39, kātoa mo te ʻave.
ʻE feala koa taku fakatau te posita Covilhã kua fakakātoa?
ʻIo. Fili he fakakātoa ʻakau moʻoni ʻi te kili, hinahina, ʻakau natula peʻe ʻakau ʻuliʻuli. ʻE ʻi ai mo he sioga mālohi ʻe mole mafesi, pea kua teu ke tautau. ʻE kamata te ʻu posita fakakātoa ʻi te $99, kātoa mo te ʻave.
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Ko te fakahoko e mole totogi ki te ʼu fenua e 60+. Ko te pōsita taki taha ʼe tā e te tahi ʼo ʼemau ʼu kaufakalogo tā ʼe ofi mai, ʼi te ʼu fenua e 30+, pea ʼe hoko mai ʼi te ʼu ʼaho gaue e 3–7. ʼE feala hau ke ke vakaʼi te tuʼunga mo te tracking ʼi Oku Fakamaʼu. ʼE ʼi ai te ʼu fenua ʼe 2–5 te ʼu vaiaho, pea ʼi te ʼu fenua ʼaē ʼe heʼeki tou fakahoko ki ai, ʼe fakahā e te saite ʼi muʼa ʼo tau totogi.
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Fekau mai he ʻata ʻi loto ʻi te ʻaho e 14 talu mai te aʻu mai, pea mātou toe tā noa peʻe toe totogi atu.
ʻE feala ke ʻau tuʻu ai homa higoa peʻe he ʻaho ki te posita Covilhã?
ʻIo. ʻI te meʻa fakatonutonu ʻi te pasina ʻaeni, fetogi te kupu tāfito, te kupu lalo pea mo te laina koʻoliteti ki he meʻa fuli pē ʻe ke loto ai, pea fili he sitaili mo he lahi. Ko te ʻu fakatau tā, fakakātoa mo fakakomipiuta ʻe fakaʻaogaʻi katoa pē tou fakatātā.
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