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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From Moldoviţa it runs 316 km to Moldoviţa; allow about 6 h 19 of riding. The stops in between: Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti, Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr and back through Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 850 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Romania into Ukraine - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Moldovița is the monastery that makes people go quiet in the courtyard. It sits in a green pocket of the Bukovina hills, ringed by a stout defensive wall with corner towers, and inside it the Church of the Annunciation is painted from the ground to the eaves with saints, prophets and battle scenes in blues, reds and ochres that have survived some five centuries of Carpathian weather. It was founded in the time of Petru Rareș, in the 1530s, and it belongs to the famous group of painted churches of northern Moldavia that UNESCO lists together.
Read the complete Church of the Annunciation of the Monaster write-up.
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Church of the Annunciation of the Monaster is where the day begins. Next is Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti.
In 1487 Stephen the Great of Moldavia had a small church built at Pătrăuți, dedicated to the Holy Rood, and it still stands, among the earliest of his many foundations and today part of the UNESCO listing of Moldavian churches. It is a modest building, whitewashed and low, with a steep roof, and it stands in a village on the edge of Suceava county, a stone's throw from Dărmănești. The scale surprises people who come expecting a cathedral, and then the frescoes inside bring them up short.
Read the complete Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti write-up.
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Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti comes up about 77 km into the recorded legs. Next is Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr.
The Residence of the Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans in Chernivtsi is one of the most extraordinary buildings in Eastern Europe, a red-brick complex of towers, domes and arcades that looks like a cross between a Byzantine monastery, a Moorish palace and a Victorian college. It was designed by the Czech architect Josef Hlávka and built between 1864 and 1882 as the seat of the Orthodox metropolitan of Bukovina and Dalmatia, then provinces of the Austrian Empire. The roofs are covered with coloured glazed tiles in patterns derived from the folk art of the region, the interiors are lavishly decorated, and the complex includes a seminary, a church and gardens. Today it houses the Chernivtsi National University, and it was listed by UNESCO in 2011. Students fill the courtyards, and guided tours show the main halls, including the stunning Marble Hall.
Read the complete Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr write-up.
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about 158 km into the recorded legs you reach Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr. Next is back through Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti, late in the day. Next is Church of the Annunciation of the Monaster.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of the Annunciation of the Monaster write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Church of the Annunciation of the Monaster. That is the ride.
Church of the Annunciation of the Monaster → Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti is 77 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti → Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr → back through Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti is 83 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti → Church of the Annunciation of the Monaster is 75 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.