CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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A 335 km round trip from Santa Maria degli Angeli - roughly 6 h 42 in the saddle. The stops in between: The system of Italian-style condominio the, Teatro dell'Aquila and back through The system of Italian-style condominio the. The line favours views over speed.
From the valley floor Assisi looks like a long pale ribbon draped across the lower slope of Monte Subasio, and the colour comes from the mountain itself. The town is built of Subasio stone, a limestone that ranges from cream to rose, and in the evening light the whole place glows pink. It is, of course, the town of Francis, the merchant's son who gave away everything in the early thirteenth century and founded the Franciscan order, and of Clare, who followed him. The great basilica built over his tomb, begun in 1228, has two churches one above the other, and the frescoes inside, including the cycle of the saint's life traditionally attributed to Giotto, changed the course of European painting.
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Assisi is where the day begins. Next is The system of Italian-style condominio the.
The Marche has more historic theatres per head than almost anywhere in Italy. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, almost every hill town built its own opera house, often paid for by local families who then owned their boxes, like apartments in a condominium, and passed them down through generations. The result is a network of jewel box theatres in small towns, with tiers of boxes, painted ceilings and gilded stucco, many of them restored and still in use. San Severino Marche, a few kilometres away, has the Teatro Feronia, one of these, and the network of such theatres across the region has been put forward for World Heritage recognition.
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The system of Italian-style condominio the comes up about 85 km into the recorded legs. Next is Teatro dell'Aquila.
Fermo sits on a hill above the Adriatic, and its theatre is the jewel inside the town. The Teatro dell'Aquila was built in the late eighteenth century, designed by the architect Cosimo Morelli, and it is one of the largest and finest historic theatres in the Marche, a region that has an extraordinary number of them, almost every town having its own little opera house. Inside, tiers of gilded boxes rise in a horseshoe around the stalls, and the painted ceiling glows above. If you can catch a performance, or join a guided visit, do so.
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about 165 km into the recorded legs you reach Teatro dell'Aquila. Next is back through The system of Italian-style condominio the.
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back through The system of Italian-style condominio the, late in the day. Next is Assisi.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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Back at Assisi. That is the ride.
Assisi → The system of Italian-style condominio the is 85 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The system of Italian-style condominio the → Teatro dell'Aquila is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Teatro dell'Aquila → back through The system of Italian-style condominio the is 75 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through The system of Italian-style condominio the → Assisi is 95 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.