Why this ride
A 299 km round trip from Urbino - roughly 4 h 47 in the saddle. It goes by way of Teatro Gentile da Fabriano, The Clitunno Tempietto and back through Teatro Gentile da Fabriano. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Historic Centre of Urbino and The Clitunno Tempietto
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 299 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 47
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Historic Centre of Urbino
Urbino is a whole hill turned into an idea. In the fifteenth century Federico da Montefeltro, a professional soldier who earned a fortune leading other people's armies, used it to build one of the most refined courts in Renaissance Italy, and the town that grew around his palace is still almost entirely brick and stone of that age. It was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1998, and it remains a lively university town rather than a museum.
Read the complete Historic Centre of Urbino write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Historic Centre of Urbino is where the day begins. Next is Teatro Gentile da Fabriano.
2. Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
Paper made Fabriano. Since at least the thirteenth century, craftsmen in this inland town of the Marche have made paper, and they are credited with key innovations: the use of animal gelatine to size the sheets and, most famously, the watermark. Fabriano paper is still made here today, and the Museo della Carta e della Filigrana, in a former monastery, shows the old techniques with working demonstrations. Your banknotes may well have been printed on paper from this town.
Read the complete Teatro Gentile da Fabriano write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano comes up about 77 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Clitunno Tempietto.
3. The Clitunno Tempietto
A few steps from the Via Flaminia, in the green flatland below Spoleto, there is a little building that scholars have argued about for centuries. The Tempietto del Clitunno looks like a miniature Roman temple, with a gabled front, columns and a carved cornice, but it is actually an early medieval church, made largely of reused Roman pieces and probably dating from somewhere between late antiquity and the time of the Lombards. It is among the group of Lombard sites in Italy that UNESCO listed in 2011, and part of its charm is that nobody is quite sure who built it or when.
Read the complete The Clitunno Tempietto write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 149 km into the recorded legs you reach The Clitunno Tempietto. Next is back through Teatro Gentile da Fabriano.
4. back through Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Teatro Gentile da Fabriano write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Teatro Gentile da Fabriano, late in the day. Next is Historic Centre of Urbino.
5. Historic Centre of Urbino
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic Centre of Urbino write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Historic Centre of Urbino. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Historic Centre of Urbino to Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
Historic Centre of Urbino → Teatro Gentile da Fabriano is 77 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano to The Clitunno Tempietto
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano → The Clitunno Tempietto is 72 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
The Clitunno Tempietto to back through Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
The Clitunno Tempietto → back through Teatro Gentile da Fabriano is 72 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Teatro Gentile da Fabriano to Historic Centre of Urbino
back through Teatro Gentile da Fabriano → Historic Centre of Urbino is 78 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.