CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Unidad Habitacional José María Morelos y Pavón it runs 243 km to Unidad Habitacional José María Morelos y Pavón; allow about 4 h 18 of riding. It goes by way of Ancient Convent of the Nativity, Temple and Former Convent of Saint William, Temple and Former Convent of Saint James t and back through Temple and Former Convent of Saint William. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,700 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Xochicalco sits on a terraced hilltop south-west of Cuernavaca, and from the top you understand immediately why someone built a city here: the view runs over the valleys of Morelos in every direction, to the lakes, the hills and, on a clear day, the snowy shoulders of Popocatépetl far to the east. The city rose after the fall of Teotihuacan, flourishing roughly between AD 650 and 900, a time of upheaval when fortified hilltop centres grew strong by controlling trade. It was protected by moats, walls and ramparts, and its people mixed influences from the Maya, the Gulf Coast and central Mexico in a way that makes it unique.
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Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalc is where the day begins. Next is Ancient Convent of the Nativity.
Tepoztlán sits at the foot of a wall of jagged volcanic cliffs in northern Morelos, and on the highest ridge above town, a small Aztec pyramid, the Tepozteco, dedicated to the god of pulque, clings to the rock. Down in the town, the Dominican convent of the Nativity, built in the mid-sixteenth century, is one of the monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl listed by UNESCO in 1994. Its massive church, with a facade carved with angels, the sun and the moon, and a large atrium, is impressive, and the cloister has remains of colourful mural paintings. Part of the convent houses a museum.
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Ancient Convent of the Nativity comes up 30 km in. Next is Temple and Former Convent of Saint William.
Totolapan is a small town on the northern slopes of the Sierra de Chichinautzin, in the state of Morelos, and its Augustinian convent of San Guillermo is one of the fourteen sixteenth-century monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl that UNESCO listed in 1994. The friars who came to Mexico after the conquest built these fortress-like complexes to convert the indigenous population, with huge walled atriums where crowds could gather for open-air masses, chapels at the corners for processions, and austere churches with thick walls. Totolapan's convent is relatively modest, but its simplicity and setting give it a special charm.
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61 km in you reach Temple and Former Convent of Saint William. Next is Temple and Former Convent of Saint James t.
Ocuituco claims the first Augustinian convent built in Mexico, begun in the 1530s on the southern slopes of Popocatépetl, and the church of Santiago Apóstol with its cloister belongs to the same World Heritage group of early convents around the volcano as Cuernavaca's cathedral. Its cloister keeps a rare carved stone fountain, and the convent's thick walls and simple lines show the early, almost defensive style of the first missions.
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Temple and Former Convent of Saint James t, about halfway. Next is back through Temple and Former Convent of Saint William.
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back through Temple and Former Convent of Saint William sits at 121 km, about halfway. Next is back through Ancient Convent of the Nativity.
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back through Ancient Convent of the Nativity comes up 152 km in. Next is Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalc.
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Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalc closes the day.
Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalc → Ancient Convent of the Nativity is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ancient Convent of the Nativity → Temple and Former Convent of Saint William is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Temple and Former Convent of Saint William → Temple and Former Convent of Saint James t is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Temple and Former Convent of Saint James t → back through Temple and Former Convent of Saint William is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Temple and Former Convent of Saint William → back through Ancient Convent of the Nativity is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ancient Convent of the Nativity → Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalc is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.