CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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344 km from Cizer to Cizer, about 6 h 54 of riding. On the way it passes Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1, Lozna - Curmăturița 1, Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului and Church of the Holy Archangels. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
This corner of Sălaj sits along the Roman frontier of Dacia, which makes it a more serious place than its gentle hills suggest. West of Zalău the Meseș mountains rise in a long wooded ridge, and through them runs a natural gate, the Meseș Pass, which the Romans fortified as part of their northern defences. The great site of Porolissum, with its fort, civil settlement and amphitheatre, stands on a ridge nearby, and the watchtowers and small works scattered across the hills belong to the same system.
Read the complete Hurez - La Frasin 1 write-up.
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Hurez - La Frasin 1 is where the day begins. Next is Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1.
Mirsid is the kind of village you pass on the way somewhere else, until you notice that it sits at the foot of the greatest Roman frontier in Transylvania. The ridge of the Meses mountains rises behind it in a long, dark line of beech and oak, and the Romans built a series of watchtowers along the crest, looking north across the border into the lands of the free Dacians. The name Dealul Mare, Big Hill, with the number one attached, suggests the first in a sequence of those lookout points, and in a few of them you can still make out the square footprint of a tower in the grass.
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Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1 comes up about 42 km into the recorded legs. Next is Lozna - Curmăturița 1.
Lozna is a village in the northern hills of Sălaj county, close to the Someș river, a place of small farms, orchards and wooden houses, and Curmăturița is a saddle in the hills above it, where a Roman watchtower is thought to have stood. The northern frontier of Roman Dacia ran through this area, following ridges and river valleys, and small towers and forts were placed to watch over the approaches. Today there is little to see, but the view from the saddle, over the rolling hills and the Someș valley, is lovely, and it explains why the Romans chose the spot.
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about 82 km into the recorded legs you reach Lozna - Curmăturița 1. Next is Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului.
The name is a mouthful, and a good one: the Ridge of the Wolf's Clearing, on the hill of Muncel, above the Someș valley north-east of Dej. Somewhere along this wooded crest the Romans kept a lookout on the northern border of Dacia, watching the valleys for movement from the free tribes beyond. Watchtowers like this one were the eyes of the frontier, signalling to the forts below, and the site is part of the Dacian frontier inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. On the ground, expect very little: perhaps a low mound, a ditch or scattered stones under the trees. It is a place for imagination and a walk rather than a monument.
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Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului, about halfway. Next is Church of the Holy Archangels.
The wooden church at Rogoz stands in the Lăpuș country, a quieter, lesser-known corner of Maramureș, south of the mountains and away from the main tourist circuits. Built in the seventeenth century and dedicated to the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, it is unusual in shape: the roof is asymmetric and overhangs deeply on one side, and the eaves are supported by carved wooden brackets shaped like horse heads, a detail that seems to come straight out of folk tradition. Inside, the walls are painted with scenes from the Bible, including a vivid Last Judgement. It is one of the eight churches in the UNESCO listing of the Wooden Churches of Maramureș.
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Church of the Holy Archangels sits at 140 km, about halfway. Next is back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului.
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back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului comes up about 219 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Lozna - Curmăturița 1.
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about 262 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Lozna - Curmăturița 1. Next is back through Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1.
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back through Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1, late in the day. Next is Hurez - La Frasin 1.
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The route ends here after 344 km.
Hurez - La Frasin 1 → Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1 is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1 → Lozna - Curmăturița 1 is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lozna - Curmăturița 1 → Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului → Church of the Holy Archangels is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of the Holy Archangels → back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului → back through Lozna - Curmăturița 1 is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Lozna - Curmăturița 1 → back through Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1 is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1 → Hurez - La Frasin 1 is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.