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 277 km round trip from Rodeo - roughly 4 h 22 in the saddle. The stops in between: Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza, Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien, Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo and back through Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,850 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Out in the dry heart of northern Mexico, among the creosote bushes and distant mountains of the Chihuahuan Desert, stand the ruins and chapels of old haciendas, great estates that shaped the history of the country. The chapel at the former Hacienda de la Inmaculada Concepción in Durango is one of them, a small whitewashed church standing in an empty landscape, with a bell tower and a simple interior built for the workers who lived and laboured on the estate. A hacienda was a world of its own, with a main house, a granary, a store, stables, workers' homes and a chapel, and the owners often held enormous areas, producing cattle, cotton, maize or minerals.
Read the complete Chapel of the former hacienda of La Inmacu write-up.
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Chapel of the former hacienda of La Inmacu is where the day begins. Next is Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza.
Nazas is a small town on the river of the same name in the north of the state of Durango, where the Sierra Madre Occidental gives way to the high, dry basins of the Mexican interior. It sits on the route of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the old royal road that ran north from Mexico City to Santa Fe, carrying silver, mercury, goods and settlers for nearly three centuries. A group of its historic buildings, around the main square and church, was included in the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real in 2010.
Read the complete Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza write-up.
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Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza comes up about 63 km into the recorded legs. Next is Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien.
Hacienda chapels tell you a lot about colonial Mexico. They were built by landowners who controlled vast estates of cattle, crops or mines, and they served as places of worship for the owners, their families and the workers who lived and laboured on the estate. The Chapel of the Refugio, once part of a hacienda near Cuencamé in the state of Durango, is one of the sites included in the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road that ran from Mexico City to Santa Fe and carried silver, goods, missionaries and settlers across the northern frontier for nearly three centuries.
Read the complete Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien write-up.
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about 111 km into the recorded legs you reach Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien. Next is Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo.
Cuencamé is a small town in the semi-desert of eastern Durango, on the old Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, and it is known throughout northern Mexico for its devotion to the Cristo de Mapimí, a crucifix that is venerated in a sanctuary in the town. The image, according to tradition, was brought here in the colonial period after miracles attributed to it, and each year pilgrims arrive from across the region to pray and give thanks. The town's temples, including the parish church and the sanctuary, are part of the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real. They are simple, solid buildings, with thick walls designed to resist the heat, and their interiors are filled with offerings, candles and the quiet murmur of prayer.
Read the complete Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo write-up.
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Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo, about halfway. Next is back through Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien.
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Read the complete Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien write-up.
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back through Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien sits at 191 km, about halfway. Next is back through Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza comes up about 214 km into the recorded legs. Next is Chapel of the former hacienda of La Inmacu.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chapel of the former hacienda of La Inmacu write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Chapel of the former hacienda of La Inmacu closes the day.
Chapel of the former hacienda of La Inmacu → Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza → Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien → Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo → back through Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien → back through Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza → Chapel of the former hacienda of La Inmacu is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.