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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269 km from Rodeo to Rodeo, about 4 h 16 of riding. 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.
There is something quietly impressive about a chapel standing alone in the Chihuahuan desert. La Limpia was a hacienda in what is now the state of Durango, one of the big estates that organised life across northern Mexico from the seventeenth century onward. Haciendas were farms, ranches, sometimes mines and always small worlds, with owners, workers, a granary, stables and a chapel for religious life. Most have faded, and the chapel is often what survives when the rest has crumbled.
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Chapel of the former hacienda of La Limpia 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.
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Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza comes up about 59 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.
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about 107 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.
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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 190 km, about halfway. Next is back through Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza.
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Read the complete Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza write-up.
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back through Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza comes up about 211 km into the recorded legs. Next is Chapel of the former hacienda of La Limpia.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chapel of the former hacienda of La Limpia write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Chapel of the former hacienda of La Limpia closes the day.
Chapel of the former hacienda of La Limpia → Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza is 59 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 48 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 Limpia is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.