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 Jabłonica Polska it runs 236 km to Jabłonica Polska; allow about 4 h 36 of riding. It goes by way of Ladomirová, Church of St Philip and St James the Apost and back through Ladomirová. It crosses from Poland into Slovakia - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules.
Haczów, a village in the foothills of the Carpathians in southeastern Poland, has a church that is considered the largest Gothic wooden church in Europe, and one of the oldest. Built in the fifteenth century, probably on the site of an earlier church, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Michael the Archangel is a massive structure of larch logs, with a steep shingled roof and a bell tower, standing among old trees. Inside, the walls are covered with polychrome paintings, the oldest from the late fifteenth century, showing saints, biblical scenes and decorative patterns, and the atmosphere is dim, warm and fragrant with old wood. In 2003 the church was listed by UNESCO among the Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska, along with five others in the region. It is still used for worship, so check visiting times and dress respectfully.
Read the complete Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi is where the day begins. Next is Ladomirová.
In the village of Ladomirová, just north of Svidník in north-eastern Slovakia, a small wooden church dedicated to the Archangel Michael stands on a gentle rise among trees. Built in the eighteenth century by the Greek Catholic community without using a single nail, it has three wooden towers with onion-shaped tops, rising in height from east to west, and its interior holds an iconostasis of painted icons. It is one of the eight wooden churches of the Slovak Carpathians inscribed together by UNESCO in 2008, and its simplicity and craftsmanship are deeply moving.
Read the complete Ladomirová write-up.
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Ladomirová comes up about 56 km into the recorded legs. Next is Church of St Philip and St James the Apost.
The wooden church in Sękowa is small, dark and quietly astonishing. It stands on a slope in the Beskid Niski, the low and thickly wooded mountains of south-eastern Poland, and dates from the early sixteenth century, with a steep shingled roof, a tower with a pointed top and a gallery running around the walls. The timber has gone almost black with age, and inside the walls and ceiling are painted with colourful flowers, figures and scenes of faith from the seventeenth century. It is one of the wooden churches of southern Małopolska listed by UNESCO in 2003, and unlike a museum piece, it is still used for services.
Read the complete Church of St Philip and St James the Apost write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 117 km into the recorded legs you reach Church of St Philip and St James the Apost. Next is back through Ladomirová.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ladomirová write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Ladomirová, late in the day. Next is Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi. That is the ride.
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi → Ladomirová is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ladomirová → Church of St Philip and St James the Apost is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of St Philip and St James the Apost → back through Ladomirová is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ladomirová → Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.