Why this ride
From Fabriano it runs 347 km to Fabriano; allow about 5 h 48 of riding. It goes by way of Teatro Bramante, Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and back through Teatro Bramante. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano and Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 347 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 48
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano is where the day begins. Next is Teatro Bramante.
2. Teatro Bramante
Urbania has had three names. It began as Castel delle Ripe, became Casteldurante in the thirteenth century, and was renamed in 1636 when Pope Urban VIII took over the duchy and gave it his own. In the Renaissance it was a pottery town, famous for majolica, the tin-glazed painted earthenware that Duke Guidobaldo and his court sent as gifts around Europe, and the ceramics still sold in the shops carry on that tradition. The theatre that bears the name of Bramante, the great architect who was born in nearby Fermignano, stands in the town centre, a small, intimate house with tiers of boxes in the Italian manner, and the town itself is a small walled place on a bend of the Metauro river, with brick arcades and a handsome ducal palace.
Read the complete Teatro Bramante write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Teatro Bramante comes up about 76 km into the recorded legs. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 161 km into the recorded legs you reach Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Next is back through Teatro Bramante.
4. back through Teatro Bramante
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Teatro Bramante write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Teatro Bramante, late in the day. Next is Teatro Gentile da Fabriano.
5. Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Teatro Gentile da Fabriano write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Teatro Gentile da Fabriano. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano to Teatro Bramante
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano → Teatro Bramante is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teatro Bramante to Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Teatro Bramante → Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi is 85 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to back through Teatro Bramante
Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi → back through Teatro Bramante is 110 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Teatro Bramante to Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
back through Teatro Bramante → Teatro Gentile da Fabriano is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.