Why this ride
A 335 km round trip from Jesi - roughly 5 h 31 in the saddle. The stops in between: Historic Centre of Urbino, Teatro Gentile da Fabriano and back through Historic Centre of Urbino. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 335 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 31
- 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 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
Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi is where the day begins. Next is Historic Centre of Urbino.
2. Historic Centre of Urbino
Urbino is a whole hill turned into an idea. In the fifteenth century Federico da Montefeltro, a professional soldier who earned a fortune leading other people's armies, used it to build one of the most refined courts in Renaissance Italy, and the town that grew around his palace is still almost entirely brick and stone of that age. It was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1998, and it remains a lively university town rather than a museum.
Read the complete Historic Centre of Urbino write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Historic Centre of Urbino comes up about 101 km into the recorded legs. Next is Teatro Gentile da Fabriano.
3. 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
about 178 km into the recorded legs you reach Teatro Gentile da Fabriano. Next is back through Historic Centre of Urbino.
4. back through Historic Centre of Urbino
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic Centre of Urbino write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Historic Centre of Urbino, late in the day. Next is Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
5. Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
Back at Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to Historic Centre of Urbino
Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi → Historic Centre of Urbino is 101 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Historic Centre of Urbino to Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
Historic Centre of Urbino → Teatro Gentile da Fabriano is 77 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano to back through Historic Centre of Urbino
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano → back through Historic Centre of Urbino is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Historic Centre of Urbino to Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
back through Historic Centre of Urbino → Teatro Giovanni Battista Pergolesi is 77 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.