Why this ride
478 km from Macerata to Macerata, about 7 h 42 of riding. It goes by way of Teatro dell'Aquila, Teatro Serpente Aureo, Teatro Feronia and Teatro Gentile da Fabriano. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Teatro Lauro Rossi and Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 478 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 42
- 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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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 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 is where the day begins. Next is Teatro dell'Aquila.
2. 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 comes up about 41 km into the recorded legs. Next is Teatro Serpente Aureo.
3. Teatro Serpente Aureo
Offida sits on a ridge in the southern Marche, a small walled town of brick and stone looking across rolling hills towards the Adriatic in one direction and the Monti Sibillini in the other. In the arcaded town hall on the main square hides one of the region's many jewel-box theatres, the Serpente Aureo, the Golden Serpent, with its horseshoe of boxes, gilded decoration and painted ceiling. The Marche has dozens of these little opera houses, built when every proud town wanted its own stage, and this one is among the prettiest, small enough that you feel you are in someone's very ornate living room.
Read the complete Teatro Serpente Aureo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 91 km into the recorded legs you reach Teatro Serpente Aureo. 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.
Read the complete Teatro Feronia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Teatro Feronia, about halfway. Next is Teatro Gentile da Fabriano.
5. 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 sits at 175 km, about halfway. Next is back through Teatro Feronia.
6. 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 comes up about 274 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Teatro Serpente Aureo.
7. back through Teatro Serpente Aureo
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Teatro Serpente Aureo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 382 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Teatro Serpente Aureo. Next is back through Teatro dell'Aquila.
8. back through Teatro dell'Aquila
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Teatro dell'Aquila write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Teatro dell'Aquila, late in the day. Next is Teatro Lauro Rossi.
9. 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
The route ends here after 478 km.
Leg by leg
Teatro Lauro Rossi to Teatro dell'Aquila
Teatro Lauro Rossi → Teatro dell'Aquila is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teatro dell'Aquila to Teatro Serpente Aureo
Teatro dell'Aquila → Teatro Serpente Aureo is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teatro Serpente Aureo to Teatro Feronia
Teatro Serpente Aureo → Teatro Feronia is 109 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Teatro Feronia to Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
Teatro Feronia → Teatro Gentile da Fabriano is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano to back through Teatro Feronia
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano → back through Teatro Feronia is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Teatro Feronia to back through Teatro Serpente Aureo
back through Teatro Feronia → back through Teatro Serpente Aureo is 108 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Teatro Serpente Aureo to back through Teatro dell'Aquila
back through Teatro Serpente Aureo → back through Teatro dell'Aquila is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Teatro dell'Aquila to Teatro Lauro Rossi
back through Teatro dell'Aquila → Teatro Lauro Rossi is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.