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 Novi Pazar it runs 423 km to Novi Pazar; allow about 8 h 33 of riding. It goes by way of Studenica Monastery, Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi, back through Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi and back through Studenica Monastery. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,150 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Ras was the cradle of Serbia. In the twelfth century Stefan Nemanja, founder of the Nemanjić dynasty, made it the centre of his state, and its fortress, set on a hill above the Raška river, was the political heart of the Serbian lands for generations. The old town has largely fallen into ruin and lies on a green hill called Gradina, near the modern city of Novi Pazar, with walls, a fortified gate and traces of buildings in the grass.
Read the complete Mediaeval Town of Ras write-up.
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Mediaeval Town of Ras is where the day begins. Next is Studenica Monastery.
The monastery of Studenica lies in a green gorge of the Golija mountains in central Serbia, where a clear river runs down through beech and oak woods toward the Ibar. Stefan Nemanja, the founder of the medieval Serbian state, began building it in the 1190s, and it became the model for all the monasteries that followed. Nemanja himself abdicated in 1196 and later became a monk, dying on Mount Athos in 1199. His son, Saint Sava, brought his father's remains back here, and they rest in the church today.
Read the complete Studenica Monastery write-up.
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Studenica Monastery comes up about 74 km into the recorded legs. Next is Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi.
Đurđevi stupovi, the Pillars of Saint George, crowns a hill above Novi Pazar, a small church of Saint George with a dome and towers that give the monastery its name. Stefan Nemanja, the founder of the Serbian dynasty that dominated the Balkans for two centuries, built it in the later twelfth century, and it was one of the first great foundations of his rule. The painting inside is Byzantine in style, and the cluster of dome and towers on the hilltop makes a strong silhouette.
Read the complete Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi write-up.
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about 143 km into the recorded legs you reach Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Studenica Monastery write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Studenica Monastery, about halfway. Next is back through Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi sits at 202 km, about halfway. Next is back through Studenica Monastery.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Studenica Monastery write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Studenica Monastery comes up about 348 km into the recorded legs. Next is Mediaeval Town of Ras.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mediaeval Town of Ras write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Mediaeval Town of Ras closes the day.
Mediaeval Town of Ras → Studenica Monastery is 74 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Studenica Monastery → Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi is 69 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi → Studenica Monastery is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Studenica Monastery → back through Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi is 69 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi → back through Studenica Monastery is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Studenica Monastery → Mediaeval Town of Ras is 75 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.