Wender·Vista
San Pedro Sula
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileHonduras
in the Sula Valley, northwest Honduras

San Pedro Sula

— — a valley city the mountains lean over.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A valley city in northwest Honduras, set on a flat plain between the Merendón range and the Chamelecón river. Mornings come in green; the mountains lean over the rooftops by ten. The old centre keeps its grid from the founding, and the cathedral holds the south side of the plaza. The Pico Bonito silhouette sits on the eastern horizon.

from the studio
San Pedro Sula
— bring it home

San Pedro Sula, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about San Pedro Sula

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

San Pedro Sula sits in the Sula Valley of northwestern Honduras, the country's second-largest city by population and its primary industrial centre. It was founded on 27 June 1536 by Don Pedro de Alvarado as San Pedro de Puerto Caballos. The Cordillera del Merendón runs to the west; the Caribbean coast lies about 60 kilometres north at Puerto Cortés. The city anchors the Cortés Department and serves as the commercial gateway to the country's northern coast and the Sula Valley banana lands.

— the year

The year runs by the rains and the feria. The Feria Juniana, held the final week of June, marks the city's founding with carnival in the streets, a parade down Avenida Circunvalación, and the patron-saint observance for San Pedro Apóstol. Rainy season runs roughly May through October; the dry months bring clearer mornings and cooler nights off the Merendón. Coffee from the surrounding hills and palm-oil from the valley floor shape the working calendar across the Cortés Department.

— the visit

The historic centre is built on a flat grid around the Cathedral of San Pedro Apóstol, completed in 1958, on the south side of the Parque Central. The Museum of Anthropology and History keeps a careful record of the Sula Valley's pre-Columbian peoples, including artefacts from nearby Travesía. Day trips reach Pulhapanzak waterfall on the Río Lindo and Lago de Yojoa, about 90 kilometres south on the highway toward Tegucigalpa. Pico Bonito National Park sits to the east near La Ceiba.

— where
Honduras · Cortés Department, Honduras
— elevation
83 m · 272 ft
— position
15.5041° N · 88.0250° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
90 km S
Lago de Yojoa
lake
75 km S
Pulhapanzak
waterfall
60 km N
Puerto Cortés
Caribbean port
175 km W
Copán Ruinas
Maya ruins
N
San Pedro Sula
Lago de Yojoa
Pulhapanzak
Puerto Cortés
Copán Ruinas
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about San Pedro Sula — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The city was founded on 27 June 1536 by the Spanish conquistador Don Pedro de Alvarado, originally as San Pedro de Puerto Caballos, on the flat alluvial floor of the Sula Valley in northwestern Honduras.

It is Honduras's second-largest city and its commercial and industrial capital, anchoring the Sula Valley and the northern Caribbean trade route through Puerto Cortés about 60 kilometres to the north.

The Cordillera del Merendón forms the western horizon, separating the Sula Valley from Guatemala. The slopes hold the watershed for the river network that drains east through the city to the coast.

The Feria Juniana is the annual June festival that marks the city's founding and the feast of San Pedro Apóstol. It runs the last week of the month with a parade down Avenida Circunvalación.

Lago de Yojoa, Pulhapanzak waterfall, and the Caribbean coast at Puerto Cortés are common day trips. The Maya ruins of Copán lie about 175 kilometres west on the road toward the Guatemalan border.

— about the piece in your home

For a catracho or someone with roots in the Sula Valley, the answer is usually yes. San Pedro is the working heart of the country. A Small or Medium with a handwritten card from the studio carries well.

The valley greens, river blues, and Spanish-colonial ochres in the tile sit naturally in Latin-modern, Tropical-modern, and Maximalist rooms. The piece reads well against terracotta tile floors or hand-plastered walls.

Yes. The palette and the place-specific subject fit the tropical-modern direction, which favours rooted-in-place landscape art over generic palm motifs and stock travel photography.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large reads well centered, and a 4-tile Mural fills a wider wall without crowding. Above a console table, a Medium is the usual choice.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so steam and moisture do not affect it. A microfibre cloth with water keeps it clean.

A microfibre cloth with plain water is enough for routine cleaning. For kitchen splatter, a drop of mild dish soap on the cloth lifts it. Avoid abrasive pads and bleach-based cleaners on the glossy finish.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original work from a single studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, with no outside licensing. Reid Wender curates the atlas and chooses the places that enter it.

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