2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/61474We discuss sufficient conditions for a given curve to be covered by a maximal curve with the covering being unramified; it turns out that the given curve itself will be also maximal. We relate our main result to the question of whether or not a maximal curve is covered by the Hermitian curve. We also provide examples illustrating the results.8 pages, LaTex 2e, available at http://www.ime.unicamp.br/~ftorresAlgebraic Geometry11G20, 14G05, 14G15text