CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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 Totolapan it runs 258 km to Totolapan; allow about 5 h 17 of riding. It goes by way of Central University City Campus of the Univ, Temple and Former Convent of the Assomptio and back through Central University City Campus of the Univ. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Totolapan is a small town on the northern slopes of the Sierra de Chichinautzin, in the state of Morelos, and its Augustinian convent of San Guillermo is one of the fourteen sixteenth-century monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl that UNESCO listed in 1994. The friars who came to Mexico after the conquest built these fortress-like complexes to convert the indigenous population, with huge walled atriums where crowds could gather for open-air masses, chapels at the corners for processions, and austere churches with thick walls. Totolapan's convent is relatively modest, but its simplicity and setting give it a special charm.
Read the complete Temple and Former Convent of Saint William write-up.
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Temple and Former Convent of Saint William is where the day begins. Next is Central University City Campus of the Univ.
The main campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, known as Ciudad Universitaria, is one of the great architectural achievements of the twentieth century. Built between 1949 and 1952 on a field of lava from the ancient eruption of the Xitle volcano, in the south of Mexico City, it brought together dozens of architects, engineers and artists to create a modern campus that would blend international modernism with Mexican traditions. Its most famous building is the Central Library, a tall block covered entirely in a mosaic by Juan O'Gorman, depicting the history of Mexico from pre-Hispanic times to the modern era. UNESCO listed the campus in 2007.
Read the complete Central University City Campus of the Univ write-up.
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Central University City Campus of the Univ comes up about 65 km into the recorded legs. Next is Temple and Former Convent of the Assomptio.
The Franciscans arrived in Cuernavaca in the 1520s, just a few years after the Spanish conquest, and the fortress like convent they built here, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin, is now the city's cathedral. Its massive church, with walls thick enough for defence and an open chapel for preaching to crowds of indigenous converts, is one of the earliest sixteenth century monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl listed as a World Heritage Site in 1994. Inside, murals uncovered in the twentieth century show the martyrdom of Christian missionaries in Japan in 1597, a striking reminder of how far the Franciscan world reached; one of the martyrs, Felipe de Jesús, was born in Mexico City.
Read the complete Temple and Former Convent of the Assomptio write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 128 km into the recorded legs you reach Temple and Former Convent of the Assomptio. Next is back through Central University City Campus of the Univ.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Central University City Campus of the Univ write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Central University City Campus of the Univ, late in the day. Next is Temple and Former Convent of Saint William.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Temple and Former Convent of Saint William write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Temple and Former Convent of Saint William. That is the ride.
Temple and Former Convent of Saint William → Central University City Campus of the Univ is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Central University City Campus of the Univ → Temple and Former Convent of the Assomptio is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Temple and Former Convent of the Assomptio → back through Central University City Campus of the Univ is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Central University City Campus of the Univ → Temple and Former Convent of Saint William is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.