Why this ride
From Spoleto it runs 201 km to Spoleto; allow about 3 h 18 of riding. On the way it passes Assisi, Teatro Gentile da Fabriano and back through Assisi. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The basilica of San Salvatore and Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 201 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 18
- 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. The basilica of San Salvatore
Spoleto is a hill town in Umbria with a past much longer than most people expect. It was a Roman colony, then the capital of a Lombard duchy, and the Lombards, who came into Italy in the sixth century, ruled a great swathe of the peninsula from here. The basilica of San Salvatore lies just outside the old centre, below the hill, and few churches in Italy are older, dating from the fourth or fifth century and reshaped in the early Middle Ages. Its pale, plain facade looks classical, with a triple doorway and carved frieze, because its builders reused Roman fragments and copied Roman forms.
Read the complete The basilica of San Salvatore write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The basilica of San Salvatore is where the day begins. Next is Assisi.
2. Assisi
From the valley floor Assisi looks like a long pale ribbon draped across the lower slope of Monte Subasio, and the colour comes from the mountain itself. The town is built of Subasio stone, a limestone that ranges from cream to rose, and in the evening light the whole place glows pink. It is, of course, the town of Francis, the merchant's son who gave away everything in the early thirteenth century and founded the Franciscan order, and of Clare, who followed him. The great basilica built over his tomb, begun in 1228, has two churches one above the other, and the frescoes inside, including the cycle of the saint's life traditionally attributed to Giotto, changed the course of European painting.
Read the complete Assisi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Assisi comes up about 45 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 100 km into the recorded legs you reach Teatro Gentile da Fabriano. Next is back through Assisi.
4. back through Assisi
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Assisi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Assisi, late in the day. Next is The basilica of San Salvatore.
5. The basilica of San Salvatore
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The basilica of San Salvatore write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at The basilica of San Salvatore. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
The basilica of San Salvatore to Assisi
The basilica of San Salvatore → Assisi is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Assisi to Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
Assisi → Teatro Gentile da Fabriano is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano to back through Assisi
Teatro Gentile da Fabriano → back through Assisi is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Assisi to The basilica of San Salvatore
back through Assisi → The basilica of San Salvatore is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.