CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 348 km round trip from Ocuituco - roughly 6 h 13 in the saddle. On the way it passes Ancient Convent of the Nativity, Temple and Former Convent of Saint John th, Temple and Former Convent of the Assumptio and Temple and Former Convent of Saint Andrew. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,850 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Ocuituco claims the first Augustinian convent built in Mexico, begun in the 1530s on the southern slopes of Popocatépetl, and the church of Santiago Apóstol with its cloister belongs to the same World Heritage group of early convents around the volcano as Cuernavaca's cathedral. Its cloister keeps a rare carved stone fountain, and the convent's thick walls and simple lines show the early, almost defensive style of the first missions.
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Temple and Former Convent of Saint James t is where the day begins. Next is Ancient Convent of the Nativity.
Tepoztlán sits at the foot of a wall of jagged volcanic cliffs in northern Morelos, and on the highest ridge above town, a small Aztec pyramid, the Tepozteco, dedicated to the god of pulque, clings to the rock. Down in the town, the Dominican convent of the Nativity, built in the mid-sixteenth century, is one of the monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl listed by UNESCO in 1994. Its massive church, with a facade carved with angels, the sun and the moon, and a large atrium, is impressive, and the cloister has remains of colourful mural paintings. Part of the convent houses a museum.
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Ancient Convent of the Nativity comes up about 47 km into the recorded legs. Next is Temple and Former Convent of Saint John th.
In the 1530s and 1540s, Augustinian friars arrived in the valleys below Popocatépetl to convert the local population, and they built churches that look half like cathedrals and half like castles. The convent of San Juan Bautista in Yecapixtla is one of the finest: a tall, fortress-like church with crenellated walls, a striking Gothic rose window over the entrance and a vast atrium where the indigenous congregation gathered for open-air services. It is part of the UNESCO listing of the Earliest Sixteenth-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatépetl, a group of fourteen convents across Morelos and Puebla.
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about 86 km into the recorded legs you reach Temple and Former Convent of Saint John th. Next is Temple and Former Convent of the Assumptio.
Tochimilco sits high on the southern slopes of Popocatépetl, the great volcano that towers over central Mexico, and on clear mornings the snow-capped cone seems close enough to touch. Here, in the sixteenth century, Franciscan friars built a monastery dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin, one of the early missions established to convert the indigenous population after the Spanish conquest. Its fortress-like church, with thick walls, battlements and a large atrium where crowds once gathered for open-air mass, is part of the UNESCO site of the Earliest Sixteenth-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl, listed in 1994. In the town square, an old aqueduct and fountain built by the friars still bring water from the mountain.
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Temple and Former Convent of the Assumptio, about halfway. Next is Temple and Former Convent of Saint Andrew.
Calpan is a small town on the lower slopes of Popocatépetl, and in its centre stands a sixteenth-century Franciscan convent that is one of the masterpieces of early colonial art in Mexico. Built soon after the Spanish conquest, when friars were racing to convert the Indigenous population, the church is set within a huge walled atrium where crowds could gather for open-air Mass. In each corner of the atrium stands a posa, a small chapel used for processions, and the four posas at Calpan are covered in astonishing carved reliefs: the Last Judgment, the Annunciation, saints and symbols, carved by Indigenous craftsmen who mixed European designs with their own style.
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Temple and Former Convent of Saint Andrew sits at 164 km, about halfway. Next is back through Temple and Former Convent of the Assumptio.
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back through Temple and Former Convent of the Assumptio comes up about 220 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Temple and Former Convent of Saint John th.
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about 264 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Temple and Former Convent of Saint John th. Next is back through Ancient Convent of the Nativity.
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back through Ancient Convent of the Nativity, late in the day. Next is Temple and Former Convent of Saint James t.
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The route ends here after 348 km.
Temple and Former Convent of Saint James t → Ancient Convent of the Nativity is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ancient Convent of the Nativity → Temple and Former Convent of Saint John th is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Temple and Former Convent of Saint John th → Temple and Former Convent of the Assumptio is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Temple and Former Convent of the Assumptio → Temple and Former Convent of Saint Andrew is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Temple and Former Convent of Saint Andrew → back through Temple and Former Convent of the Assumptio is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Temple and Former Convent of the Assumptio → back through Temple and Former Convent of Saint John th is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Temple and Former Convent of Saint John th → back through Ancient Convent of the Nativity is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ancient Convent of the Nativity → Temple and Former Convent of Saint James t is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.