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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113 km from Moncalieri to Moncalieri, about 2 h 50 of riding. The stops in between: Reggia di Venaria Reale, Sacro Monte di Belmonte and back through Reggia di Venaria Reale. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,450 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The Savoy dynasty liked a country house with a view, and Moncalieri Castle, perched on a hill above the Po, was one of their favourites. Built on older foundations, it was remodelled by the family over several centuries and served as a royal residence, hosting kings, queens and a number of historic decisions. In 1849, after the defeat at Novara, King Victor Emmanuel II issued from here the Proclamation of Moncalieri, addressed to the voters, which helped steady the kingdom in a dangerous moment. The castle is part of the group of Savoy residences around Turin that UNESCO listed in 1997, and part of it is still used by the Carabinieri.
Read the complete Castello di Moncalieri write-up.
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Castello di Moncalieri is where the day begins. Next is Reggia di Venaria Reale.
The Reggia di Venaria Reale lies ten kilometres north-west of the centre of Turin, at the edge of the Piedmontese plain, with the white wall of the Alps visible on a clear day behind the Lanzo valleys. The Savoy dukes built it as a hunting lodge, and it grew into one of the largest palaces in Europe, now at the centre of a town of thirty-three thousand people that carries its name.
Read the complete Reggia di Venaria Reale write-up.
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Reggia di Venaria Reale comes up about 19 km into the recorded legs. Next is Sacro Monte di Belmonte.
On a granite hill rising above the Canavese plain north of Turin, the Sacro Monte di Belmonte looks out over the foothills toward the Alps. The sanctuary, run by Franciscan friars, has a church and a circuit of chapels representing the stations of the Passion, built in the early eighteenth century on a site that had long been a place of pilgrimage. It is part of the UNESCO-listed Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, and the walk around the chapels, under chestnut and oak trees, is calm and shady even in summer.
Read the complete Sacro Monte di Belmonte write-up.
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about 57 km into the recorded legs you reach Sacro Monte di Belmonte. Next is back through Reggia di Venaria Reale.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Reggia di Venaria Reale write-up.
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back through Reggia di Venaria Reale, late in the day. Next is Castello di Moncalieri.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Castello di Moncalieri write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Castello di Moncalieri. That is the ride.
Castello di Moncalieri → Reggia di Venaria Reale is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Reggia di Venaria Reale → Sacro Monte di Belmonte is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sacro Monte di Belmonte → back through Reggia di Venaria Reale is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Reggia di Venaria Reale → Castello di Moncalieri is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.