Teatro Gentile da Fabriano and Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
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Recorded distance
320 km
Riding-time estimate
6 h 57
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.
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From Fabriano it runs 320 km to Fabriano; allow about 6 h 57 of riding. It goes by way of The system of Italian-style condominio the, Teatro Lauro Rossi, Teatro Feronia and Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
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.
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Planning note
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano is where the day begins. Next is The system of Italian-style condominio the.
2. The system of Italian-style condominio the
The Marche has more historic theatres per head than almost anywhere in Italy. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, almost every hill town built its own opera house, often paid for by local families who then owned their boxes, like apartments in a condominium, and passed them down through generations. The result is a network of jewel box theatres in small towns, with tiers of boxes, painted ceilings and gilded stucco, many of them restored and still in use. San Severino Marche, a few kilometres away, has the Teatro Feronia, one of these, and the network of such theatres across the region has been put forward for World Heritage recognition.
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Planning note
The system of Italian-style condominio the comes up about 43 km into the recorded legs. Next is Teatro Lauro Rossi.
3. 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.
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Planning note
about 88 km into the recorded legs you reach Teatro Lauro Rossi. Next is Teatro Feronia.
4. 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.
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Planning note
Teatro Feronia, about halfway. Next is Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
5. 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 320 km.
Leg by leg
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano to The system of Italian-style condominio the
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano → The system of Italian-style condominio the is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The system of Italian-style condominio the to Teatro Lauro Rossi
The system of Italian-style condominio the → Teatro Lauro Rossi is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teatro Lauro Rossi to Teatro Feronia
Teatro Lauro Rossi → Teatro Feronia is 27 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 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to back through Teatro Feronia
Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi → back through Teatro Feronia is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Teatro Feronia to back through Teatro Lauro Rossi
back through Teatro Feronia → back through Teatro Lauro Rossi is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Teatro Lauro Rossi to back through The system of Italian-style condominio the
back through Teatro Lauro Rossi → back through The system of Italian-style condominio the is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The system of Italian-style condominio the to Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
back through The system of Italian-style condominio the → Teatro Gentile da Fabriano is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.