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 314 km round trip from Arbore - roughly 6 h 34 in the saddle. It goes by way of Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr, Nyzhniy Verbizh-Tserkva of the Nativity of and back through Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr. 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.
Arbore is a village in Bucovina, in the north of Romania, and its church is one of the famous painted churches of Moldavia. It was built in 1503 by Luca Arbore, a nobleman at the court of Stephen the Great, and dedicated to the Beheading of St John the Baptist. Like the other painted churches of the region, its exterior walls are covered with frescoes, applied in the sixteenth century to teach the Bible to ordinary people who could not read. Arbore's frescoes, painted around 1541, are known for their green tones, and while weather has faded the walls facing the prevailing wind, the west facade still shows scenes of the Last Judgement, saints and the Book of Genesis in remarkable detail. UNESCO lists it among the eight churches of northern Moldavia.
Read the complete Church of the Beheading of St John the Bap write-up.
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Church of the Beheading of St John the Bap is where the day begins. 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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Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr comes up about 75 km into the recorded legs. Next is Nyzhniy Verbizh-Tserkva of the Nativity of.
The wooden church of Nyzhniy Verbizh stands in the foothills of the Carpathians, in the Pokuttya region of western Ukraine, close to the Prut river and the old town of Kolomyia. It is one of the Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region listed by UNESCO in 2013, a group of sixteen churches in Ukraine and Poland that show how the Orthodox and Greek Catholic communities of the mountains developed a tradition of building in timber that mixed Byzantine plans with local carpentry. Like others in the group, this one has a cross-shaped plan with tiered roofs and a small tower, and is raised from squared logs with shingles on the roofs, in a form that dates from the early 1800s.
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about 158 km into the recorded legs you reach Nyzhniy Verbizh-Tserkva of the Nativity of. Next is back through Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr write-up.
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back through Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr, late in the day. Next is Church of the Beheading of St John the Bap.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of the Beheading of St John the Bap write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Church of the Beheading of St John the Bap. That is the ride.
Church of the Beheading of St John the Bap → Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr is 75 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr → Nyzhniy Verbizh-Tserkva of the Nativity of is 83 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Nyzhniy Verbizh-Tserkva of the Nativity of → back through Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr is 82 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr → Church of the Beheading of St John the Bap is 75 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.