Why this ride
A 176 km round trip from Campello sul Clitunno - roughly 2 h 55 in the saddle. The stops in between: Assisi, Teatro Gentile da Fabriano and back through Assisi. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The Clitunno Tempietto and Teatro Gentile da Fabriano
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 176 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 55
- 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 Clitunno Tempietto
A few steps from the Via Flaminia, in the green flatland below Spoleto, there is a little building that scholars have argued about for centuries. The Tempietto del Clitunno looks like a miniature Roman temple, with a gabled front, columns and a carved cornice, but it is actually an early medieval church, made largely of reused Roman pieces and probably dating from somewhere between late antiquity and the time of the Lombards. It is among the group of Lombard sites in Italy that UNESCO listed in 2011, and part of its charm is that nobody is quite sure who built it or when.
Read the complete The Clitunno Tempietto write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Clitunno Tempietto 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 33 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 89 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 Clitunno Tempietto.
5. The Clitunno Tempietto
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Clitunno Tempietto write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at The Clitunno Tempietto. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
The Clitunno Tempietto to Assisi
The Clitunno Tempietto → Assisi is 33 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 56 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 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Assisi to The Clitunno Tempietto
back through Assisi → The Clitunno Tempietto is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.