Why this ride
284 km from Santa Maria degli Angeli to Santa Maria degli Angeli, about 4 h 37 of riding. It goes by way of The Clitunno Tempietto, Teatro Feronia, Teatro Lauro Rossi and back through Teatro Feronia. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Assisi and Teatro Lauro Rossi
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 284 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 37
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Assisi
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.
Read the complete Assisi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Assisi is where the day begins. Next is The Clitunno Tempietto.
2. The Clitunno Tempietto
A few steps from the Via Flaminia, in the green flatland below Spoleto, there is a little building that scholars have argued about for centuries. The Tempietto del Clitunno looks like a miniature Roman temple, with a gabled front, columns and a carved cornice, but it is actually an early medieval church, made largely of reused Roman pieces and probably dating from somewhere between late antiquity and the time of the Lombards. It is among the group of Lombard sites in Italy that UNESCO listed in 2011, and part of its charm is that nobody is quite sure who built it or when.
Read the complete The Clitunno Tempietto write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Clitunno Tempietto comes up about 33 km into the recorded legs. Next is Teatro Feronia.
3. Teatro Feronia
San Severino Marche has one of the most unusual town squares in Italy. The Piazza del Popolo is an elongated ellipse, lined with arcades and palaces, and it was originally a market space outside the walls of the medieval town on the hill above. Today it is the heart of a town of eight thousand people in the valley of the Potenza river, in the inland Marche, and the Teatro Feronia stands on it, an elegant nineteenth-century theatre named after an ancient Italic goddess of fertility and freedom.
Read the complete Teatro Feronia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 114 km into the recorded legs you reach Teatro Feronia. Next is Teatro Lauro Rossi.
4. Teatro Lauro Rossi
Macerata is a hill town that takes its culture seriously, and the Teatro Lauro Rossi is the polished little jewel in the middle of it. Built in the second half of the eighteenth century in the heart of the old centre, it is a classic Italian horseshoe theatre with tiers of boxes in cream and gold, and it carries the name of Lauro Rossi, a nineteenth-century composer born in the town. If the doors are open, step in for a look; the room is intimate enough that you can imagine the whole town crammed in for a premiere, gossiping between acts.
Read the complete Teatro Lauro Rossi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Teatro Lauro Rossi, about halfway. Next is back through Teatro Feronia.
5. back through Teatro Feronia
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Teatro Feronia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Teatro Feronia sits at 191 km, about halfway. Next is back through The Clitunno Tempietto.
6. back through The Clitunno Tempietto
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Clitunno Tempietto write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The Clitunno Tempietto comes up about 251 km into the recorded legs. Next is Assisi.
7. Assisi
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Assisi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Assisi closes the day.
Leg by leg
Assisi to The Clitunno Tempietto
Assisi → The Clitunno Tempietto is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Clitunno Tempietto to Teatro Feronia
The Clitunno Tempietto → Teatro Feronia is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Teatro Feronia to Teatro Lauro Rossi
Teatro Feronia → Teatro Lauro Rossi is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teatro Lauro Rossi to back through Teatro Feronia
Teatro Lauro Rossi → back through Teatro Feronia is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Teatro Feronia to back through The Clitunno Tempietto
back through Teatro Feronia → back through The Clitunno Tempietto is 82 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through The Clitunno Tempietto to Assisi
back through The Clitunno Tempietto → Assisi is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.