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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349 km from Mănăstirea Humorului to Mănăstirea Humorului, about 7 h 09 of riding. The stops in between: Churches of Moldavia, Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti, Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr and back through Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti. It crosses from Romania into Ukraine - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. The line favours views over speed.
The painted monasteries of Bukovina are among the most extraordinary buildings in Europe, and the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin at Humor, just outside Gura Humorului in north-eastern Romania, is one of the finest. Built in 1530 and painted inside and out a few years later, it belongs to the group of churches that were inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1993. The outer walls are covered with frescoes in rich shades of red and brown, telling biblical stories and lives of saints to people who could not read.
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Church of the Assumption of the Virgin of is where the day begins. Next is Churches of Moldavia.
Sucevița is the last and the largest of the great painted monasteries of Bucovina, and when you come down into its valley and see it for the first time, a squat fortress of white walls and towers with a church inside painted from eaves to plinth in deep greens, reds and blues, it stops you in your tracks. It was built in the 1580s and 1590s by the Movilă family, princes and churchmen of Moldavia, and its frescoes are among the best preserved of all the painted churches. UNESCO groups it with seven others as the churches of Moldavia.
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Churches of Moldavia comes up about 43 km into the recorded legs. 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.
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about 92 km into the recorded legs you reach Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti. 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.
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Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr, about halfway. Next is back through Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti.
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Read the complete Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti write-up.
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back through Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti sits at 225 km, about halfway. Next is back through Churches of Moldavia.
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Read the complete Churches of Moldavia write-up.
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back through Churches of Moldavia comes up about 305 km into the recorded legs. Next is Church of the Assumption of the Virgin of.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of the Assumption of the Virgin of write-up.
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Church of the Assumption of the Virgin of closes the day.
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin of → Churches of Moldavia is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Churches of Moldavia → Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti → Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr is 82 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 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti → back through Churches of Moldavia is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Churches of Moldavia → Church of the Assumption of the Virgin of is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.