CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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248 km from Ossuccio to Ossuccio, about 5 h 48 of riding. The stops in between: Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th, Parco Comunale di Luine di Darfo-Boario Te and back through Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,650 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
On the western shore of Lake Como, above the village of Ossuccio and facing the little Isola Comacina, a cobbled path climbs the hillside through olive groves and woods, past fourteen small chapels, to a sanctuary at the top. This is the Sacro Monte of Ossuccio, one of nine sacred mountains in Piedmont and Lombardy listed together by UNESCO. Built in the seventeenth century, the chapels illustrate the Mysteries of the Rosary with life-size terracotta and plaster figures arranged in dramatic scenes, each one a small piece of theatre.
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Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy is where the day begins. Next is Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th.
Bergamo is two cities: the busy modern town on the plain, and the Città Alta on the hill above, enclosed by massive walls built by the Republic of Venice between 1561 and 1588. Bergamo was then the westernmost outpost of Venice's mainland territory, facing the Spanish-ruled Duchy of Milan, and the walls, more than five kilometres long, were designed to withstand artillery, with bastions, platforms and gates. They were never seriously tested in battle, which is why they are so well preserved. In 2017 UNESCO listed them, together with other Venetian fortifications in Italy, Croatia and Montenegro, as the Venetian Works of Defence.
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Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th comes up 63 km in. Next is Parco Comunale di Luine di Darfo-Boario Te.
Valcamonica, the long valley of the Oglio river north of Lake Iseo, holds one of the largest collections of prehistoric rock carvings in the world, with hundreds of thousands of figures pecked into smooth glacier-polished rocks over thousands of years. It was the first site in Italy to be listed by UNESCO, in 1979. The Luine park, on a wooded hill above Darfo Boario Terme at the southern end of the valley, is one of the places where you can see these engravings up close, with paths leading between rock surfaces covered in figures of animals, people, weapons and mysterious symbols.
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127 km in you reach Parco Comunale di Luine di Darfo-Boario Te. Next is back through Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th.
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back through Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th, late in the day. Next is Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy. That is the ride.
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy → Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th is 66 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th → Parco Comunale di Luine di Darfo-Boario Te is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Parco Comunale di Luine di Darfo-Boario Te → back through Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th → Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy is 66 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.