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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A 319 km round trip from Pannonhalma - roughly 3 h 56 in the saddle. The stops in between: Rusovce - Gerulata, Wien - Legionslager Zentralbereich and back through Rusovce - Gerulata. It crosses Hungary, Slovakia and Austria - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Pannonhalma Archabbey stands on a hill above the Hungarian plain, and it has been standing there, in one form or another, for a thousand years. The Benedictine monastery was founded in 996, during the reign of Prince Géza, and its monks helped to bring Christianity to the young Hungarian state. The abbey is called the Mons Sacer Pannoniae, the holy mountain of Pannonia, and the local tradition holds that Saint Martin of Tours was born in the Roman town that stood nearby. UNESCO listed it in 1996, the thousandth anniversary of its foundation.
Read the complete Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma write-up.
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Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma is where the day begins. Next is Rusovce - Gerulata.
Three countries meet in the fields south of Bratislava, and the Romans had a fort here long before anybody drew those borders. Gerulata was an auxiliary fort on the Danube frontier, in what is now Rusovce, a district at the southern edge of the Slovak capital. Its remains have been excavated, and a small museum displays foundations and finds, from coins to pottery and gravestones. The site is part of the Danube Limes listed by UNESCO, a frontier that ran from Germany to the Black Sea.
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Rusovce - Gerulata comes up about 84 km into the recorded legs. Next is Wien - Legionslager Zentralbereich.
Under the Hoher Markt, one of the oldest squares in Vienna, lie the foundations of the Roman legionary fortress of Vindobona. The Tenth Legion was stationed here for centuries, guarding the Danube frontier, and the camp covered much of what is now the inner city. Its outline can still be traced in the pattern of streets: the curve of the Graben follows the line of the fortress moat, and the old Roman road toward the west became today's Herrengasse. A small museum on the Hoher Markt displays the remains of officers' houses, with their heating systems, and finds from the camp.
Read the complete Wien - Legionslager Zentralbereich write-up.
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about 160 km into the recorded legs you reach Wien - Legionslager Zentralbereich. Next is back through Rusovce - Gerulata.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Rusovce - Gerulata write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Rusovce - Gerulata, late in the day. Next is Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma. That is the ride.
Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma → Rusovce - Gerulata is 84 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Rusovce - Gerulata → Wien - Legionslager Zentralbereich is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Wien - Legionslager Zentralbereich → back through Rusovce - Gerulata is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Rusovce - Gerulata → Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma is 85 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.