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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From Svidník it runs 231 km to Svidník; allow about 4 h 35 of riding. It goes by way of Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi, Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska and back through Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi. It crosses from Slovakia into Poland - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules.
In the village of Ladomirová, just north of Svidník in north-eastern Slovakia, a small wooden church dedicated to the Archangel Michael stands on a gentle rise among trees. Built in the eighteenth century by the Greek Catholic community without using a single nail, it has three wooden towers with onion-shaped tops, rising in height from east to west, and its interior holds an iconostasis of painted icons. It is one of the eight wooden churches of the Slovak Carpathians inscribed together by UNESCO in 2008, and its simplicity and craftsmanship are deeply moving.
Read the complete Ladomirová write-up.
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Ladomirová is where the day begins. Next is Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi.
Haczów, a village in the foothills of the Carpathians in southeastern Poland, has a church that is considered the largest Gothic wooden church in Europe, and one of the oldest. Built in the fifteenth century, probably on the site of an earlier church, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Michael the Archangel is a massive structure of larch logs, with a steep shingled roof and a bell tower, standing among old trees. Inside, the walls are covered with polychrome paintings, the oldest from the late fifteenth century, showing saints, biblical scenes and decorative patterns, and the atmosphere is dim, warm and fragrant with old wood. In 2003 the church was listed by UNESCO among the Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska, along with five others in the region. It is still used for worship, so check visiting times and dress respectfully.
Read the complete Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi write-up.
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Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi comes up about 58 km into the recorded legs. Next is Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska.
The church of St Michael the Archangel in Binarowa looks, from the outside, like a simple barn with a tower: dark shingled walls, a steep roof and a small onion-topped belfry. Step inside and the walls and ceiling explode with colour, covered with painted decoration of saints, scenes from the Bible and floral patterns, some of them centuries old. Built around 1500 of larch and fir, without nails in the traditional joinery, it is one of the Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska, a group of Gothic churches inscribed as a World Heritage site. The local story is that it was built from timber left over from another church, but whatever its origins, the result is one of the finest wooden interiors in Poland.
Read the complete Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 116 km into the recorded legs you reach Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska. Next is back through Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi, late in the day. Next is Ladomirová.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ladomirová write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Ladomirová. That is the ride.
Ladomirová → Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi → Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska → back through Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi → Ladomirová is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.