CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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418 km from Lagos de Moreno to Lagos de Moreno, about 6 h 19 of riding. On the way it passes Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz, Former hacienda of Cieneguilla, Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo and Historic ensemble of the city of Aguascali. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
The ride follows Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo → Cemetery in Encarnación d for 50 km.
Lagos de Moreno is a colonial town in the highlands of Jalisco, the Altos, on the old Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Royal Road of the Interior Land that linked Mexico City to Santa Fe, in what is now New Mexico. For three centuries, silver, mercury, goods and people travelled along it, and towns grew up at its stopping points. Lagos de Moreno was one of the most important, and its historic centre is part of the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real, inscribed in 2010. The town has handsome churches, including a baroque parish church with an elaborately carved façade of pink stone, mansions with wrought-iron balconies, a theatre and a hospital from the colonial era.
Read the complete Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo write-up.
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Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo is where the day begins. Next is Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz.
Encarnación de Díaz is a market town in Los Altos de Jalisco, the high, dry plateau between Guadalajara and Aguascalientes, and its cemetery is a surprising piece of world heritage. It is one of the stops listed as part of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road that once ran from Mexico City to Santa Fe in present-day New Mexico, along which silver went south and settlers, missionaries and goods went north for almost three centuries. The cemetery, built in the nineteenth century, is enclosed by a wall with arched galleries and filled with ornate tombs and chapels, carved in local stone, which reflect the prosperity and piety of the town's families. On the Day of the Dead, at the beginning of November, it fills with flowers, candles and families sitting by their graves.
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Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz comes up about 50 km into the recorded legs. Next is Former hacienda of Cieneguilla.
The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road of the interior, ran for more than two thousand kilometres from Mexico City north to Santa Fe in present-day New Mexico, and for close to three centuries it carried silver south and settlers, soldiers, priests and goods north. Along it grew towns, missions, bridges and haciendas, and the former hacienda of Cieneguilla, on the high plain in the state of Aguascalientes, is one of the places inscribed by UNESCO in 2010 as part of that route.
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about 96 km into the recorded legs you reach Former hacienda of Cieneguilla. Next is Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo.
Pabellón de Hidalgo is a small town in the north of the state of Aguascalientes, and its old hacienda has a moment of national drama attached to it. In January 1811, after the insurgent army of Miguel Hidalgo was routed by royalist forces at the Battle of Puente de Calderón near Guadalajara, the retreating leaders met here, at the Hacienda de San Blas de Pabellón. Exhausted and defeated, they stripped Hidalgo of his military command and handed it to Ignacio Allende, who had long resented the priest's leadership. A few weeks later both were captured in the north, and by the summer both had been executed. The War of Independence would go on for another decade without them.
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Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo, about halfway. Next is Historic ensemble of the city of Aguascali.
Aguascalientes means hot waters, and the city got its name from the thermal springs that the Spanish found here in the sixteenth century, when they founded a settlement on the road from Mexico City to the silver mines of Zacatecas. That road, the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, ran north for over two thousand kilometres to Santa Fe in New Mexico, and it is listed by UNESCO, with sites along its route. The historic centre of Aguascalientes is a pleasant mix of colonial churches, eighteenth-century houses and nineteenth-century buildings around the Plaza de la Patria and its cathedral.
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Historic ensemble of the city of Aguascali sits at 206 km, about halfway. Next is back through Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo.
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back through Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo comes up about 246 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Former hacienda of Cieneguilla.
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about 321 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Former hacienda of Cieneguilla. Next is back through Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz write-up.
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back through Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz, late in the day. Next is Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 418 km.
Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo → Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz → Former hacienda of Cieneguilla is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Former hacienda of Cieneguilla → Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo → Historic ensemble of the city of Aguascali is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historic ensemble of the city of Aguascali → back through Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo → back through Former hacienda of Cieneguilla is 75 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Former hacienda of Cieneguilla → back through Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz → Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.