Why this ride
From Fabriano it runs 340 km to Fabriano; allow about 6 h 04 of riding. On the way it passes Teatro Feronia, Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Teatro Lauro Rossi and Teatro dell'Aquila. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano and Teatro dell'Aquila
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 340 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 04
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
Paper made Fabriano. Since at least the thirteenth century, craftsmen in this inland town of the Marche have made paper, and they are credited with key innovations: the use of animal gelatine to size the sheets and, most famously, the watermark. Fabriano paper is still made here today, and the Museo della Carta e della Filigrana, in a former monastery, shows the old techniques with working demonstrations. Your banknotes may well have been printed on paper from this town.
Read the complete Teatro Gentile da Fabriano write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano is where the day begins. Next is Teatro Feronia.
2. Teatro Feronia
San Severino Marche has one of the most unusual town squares in Italy. The Piazza del Popolo is an elongated ellipse, lined with arcades and palaces, and it was originally a market space outside the walls of the medieval town on the hill above. Today it is the heart of a town of eight thousand people in the valley of the Potenza river, in the inland Marche, and the Teatro Feronia stands on it, an elegant nineteenth-century theatre named after an ancient Italic goddess of fertility and freedom.
Read the complete Teatro Feronia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Teatro Feronia comes up 39 km in. Next is Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
3. Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
The people of Jesi take their opera seriously, and they have a reason. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was born here in 1710, and by the time he died in 1736, at the age of twenty-six, he had written the Stabat Mater and the comic opera La serva padrona, two works that changed music. The theatre that carries his name was opened in 1798, a neoclassical jewel with tiers of boxes and a good-sized stage, in the heart of the old town on the main square. It still has a season, and a ticket for an evening performance is a treat if you are staying nearby.
Read the complete Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
77 km in you reach Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Next is Teatro Lauro Rossi.
4. Teatro Lauro Rossi
Macerata is a hill town that takes its culture seriously, and the Teatro Lauro Rossi is the polished little jewel in the middle of it. Built in the second half of the eighteenth century in the heart of the old centre, it is a classic Italian horseshoe theatre with tiers of boxes in cream and gold, and it carries the name of Lauro Rossi, a nineteenth-century composer born in the town. If the doors are open, step in for a look; the room is intimate enough that you can imagine the whole town crammed in for a premiere, gossiping between acts.
Read the complete Teatro Lauro Rossi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Teatro Lauro Rossi, about halfway. Next is Teatro dell'Aquila.
5. Teatro dell'Aquila
Fermo sits on a hill above the Adriatic, and its theatre is the jewel inside the town. The Teatro dell'Aquila was built in the late eighteenth century, designed by the architect Cosimo Morelli, and it is one of the largest and finest historic theatres in the Marche, a region that has an extraordinary number of them, almost every town having its own little opera house. Inside, tiers of gilded boxes rise in a horseshoe around the stalls, and the painted ceiling glows above. If you can catch a performance, or join a guided visit, do so.
Read the complete Teatro dell'Aquila write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Teatro dell'Aquila sits at 155 km, about halfway. Next is back through Teatro Lauro Rossi.
6. back through Teatro Lauro Rossi
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Teatro Lauro Rossi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Teatro Lauro Rossi comes up 193 km in. Next is back through Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
7. back through Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
232 km in you reach back through Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Next is back through Teatro Feronia.
8. back through Teatro Feronia
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Teatro Feronia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Teatro Feronia, late in the day. Next is Teatro Gentile da Fabriano.
9. Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Teatro Gentile da Fabriano write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 340 km.
Leg by leg
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano to Teatro Feronia
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano → Teatro Feronia is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teatro Feronia to Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Teatro Feronia → Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to Teatro Lauro Rossi
Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi → Teatro Lauro Rossi is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teatro Lauro Rossi to Teatro dell'Aquila
Teatro Lauro Rossi → Teatro dell'Aquila is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teatro dell'Aquila to back through Teatro Lauro Rossi
Teatro dell'Aquila → back through Teatro Lauro Rossi is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Teatro Lauro Rossi to back through Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
back through Teatro Lauro Rossi → back through Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to back through Teatro Feronia
back through Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi → back through Teatro Feronia is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Teatro Feronia to Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
back through Teatro Feronia → Teatro Gentile da Fabriano is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.