Why this ride
From Ravenna it runs 264 km to Ravenna; allow about 5 h 17 of riding. The stops in between: Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro, Villa de Il Trebbio and back through Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Mauseoleum of Theodoric and Villa de Il Trebbio
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 264 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 17
- 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.
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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. Mauseoleum of Theodoric
Theodoric's tomb stands alone on the northern edge of Ravenna, among trees and grass, a squat two-storey block of white stone crowned by a single enormous dome. The king of the Ostrogoths ruled Italy from Ravenna for thirty-odd years until his death in 526, and he planned his own mausoleum before the end. It is built of Istrian limestone, dressed so tightly that no mortar was needed, and the roof is a single slab hollowed into a shallow dome, carried across the Adriatic from the Istrian coast. How they lifted it is still discussed.
Read the complete Mauseoleum of Theodoric write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Mauseoleum of Theodoric is where the day begins. Next is Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro, 62 km on.
2. Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro
Driving through the hills of Romagna, south of Faenza, you notice a long, pale ridge cutting across the valleys like a wall. This is the Vena del Gesso Romagnola, a band of gypsum rock about twenty-five kilometres long, and Monte Mauro is its highest point, rising above the villages of Riolo Terme, Brisighella and Fognano. The ridge is now a regional park and part of the UNESCO site for the evaporitic karst of the northern Apennines.
Read the complete Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro comes up about 61 km into the recorded legs. Next is Villa de Il Trebbio.
3. Villa de Il Trebbio
The Medici came from the Mugello, and Il Trebbio is one of the places where you can see it. The family's rise to Florentine power in the fifteenth century began in these hills north of the city, among farms and woods where they held land long before they held banks and palaces. Il Trebbio is a fortified villa near San Piero a Sieve, redesigned for Cosimo the Elder by the architect Michelozzo, and its crenellated walls, tower and gardens mark it as a country retreat that is also, quietly, a statement of status. It is one of the Medici villas listed by UNESCO in 2013.
Read the complete Villa de Il Trebbio write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 133 km into the recorded legs you reach Villa de Il Trebbio. Next is back through Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro, 62 km on.
4. back through Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro, late in the day. Next is Mauseoleum of Theodoric.
5. Mauseoleum of Theodoric
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mauseoleum of Theodoric write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Mauseoleum of Theodoric. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Mauseoleum of Theodoric to Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro
Mauseoleum of Theodoric → Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro to Villa de Il Trebbio
Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro → Villa de Il Trebbio is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Villa de Il Trebbio to back through Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro
Villa de Il Trebbio → back through Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro is 69 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro to Mauseoleum of Theodoric
back through Vena del Gesso Romagnola - M.te Mauro → Mauseoleum of Theodoric is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.