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 408 km round trip from San Luis del Cordero - roughly 6 h 35 in the saddle. The stops in between: Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza, Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien, Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo and Temple of the town of San José de Avino. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,100 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
For nearly three centuries, the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro was the royal road linking Mexico City with Santa Fe in New Mexico, a route some 2,600 kilometres long that carried silver south and settlers, missionaries, soldiers and goods north. In the state of Durango, it crossed a vast semi-desert of scrub, cactus and rocky hills, and the stretch between Nazas and San Pedro del Gallo is one of the sections inscribed on the UNESCO list in 2010. Along the road, haciendas, chapels and waystations grew up wherever water could be found.
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Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a is where the day begins. Next is Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza.
Nazas is a small town on the river of the same name in the north of the state of Durango, where the Sierra Madre Occidental gives way to the high, dry basins of the Mexican interior. It sits on the route of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the old royal road that ran north from Mexico City to Santa Fe, carrying silver, mercury, goods and settlers for nearly three centuries. A group of its historic buildings, around the main square and church, was included in the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real in 2010.
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Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza comes up about 23 km into the recorded legs. Next is Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien.
Hacienda chapels tell you a lot about colonial Mexico. They were built by landowners who controlled vast estates of cattle, crops or mines, and they served as places of worship for the owners, their families and the workers who lived and laboured on the estate. The Chapel of the Refugio, once part of a hacienda near Cuencamé in the state of Durango, is one of the sites included in the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road that ran from Mexico City to Santa Fe and carried silver, goods, missionaries and settlers across the northern frontier for nearly three centuries.
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about 73 km into the recorded legs you reach Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien. Next is Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo.
Cuencamé is a small town in the semi-desert of eastern Durango, on the old Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, and it is known throughout northern Mexico for its devotion to the Cristo de Mapimí, a crucifix that is venerated in a sanctuary in the town. The image, according to tradition, was brought here in the colonial period after miracles attributed to it, and each year pilgrims arrive from across the region to pray and give thanks. The town's temples, including the parish church and the sanctuary, are part of the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real. They are simple, solid buildings, with thick walls designed to resist the heat, and their interiors are filled with offerings, candles and the quiet murmur of prayer.
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Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo, about halfway. Next is Temple of the town of San José de Avino.
Silver built this road, and the old church at San Jose de Avino is one of the buildings that mark it. The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro was the great highway of colonial Mexico, running more than two thousand kilometres from Mexico City north to Santa Fe in New Mexico, used by mule trains carrying silver south and supplies north for nearly three centuries. A section of it, with a number of towns and monuments along the way, was listed as a World Heritage site in 2010. Avino was a mining settlement in the hills of Durango, one of the earliest silver camps of the north, and the temple stands in the village as a reminder of the money and faith that came with the mine.
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Temple of the town of San José de Avino sits at 206 km, about halfway. Next is back through Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo.
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back through Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo comes up about 302 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien.
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about 337 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien. Next is back through Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza.
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back through Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza, late in the day. Next is Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a.
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Read the complete Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a write-up.
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The route ends here after 408 km.
Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a → Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza → Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien → Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo → Temple of the town of San José de Avino is 97 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Temple of the town of San José de Avino → back through Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo is 97 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Temples in the town of Cuencamé and Cristo → back through Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Chapel of the Refugio of the former hacien → back through Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Naza → Stretch of the Camino Real between Nazas a is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.