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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A 338 km round trip from Santa Maria degli Angeli - roughly 6 h 48 in the saddle. It goes by way of The system of Italian-style condominio the, Teatro dell'Aquila and back through The system of Italian-style condominio the. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Assisi sits on the western flank of Monte Subasio, and the first thing you notice is the colour. The stone, quarried from the mountain itself, is a pale pink-white that glows at sunset, and the whole town seems to hang off the slope above the Umbrian plain. It was the home of Saint Francis, born here around 1181, who gave up his father's cloth business to live in poverty, and the town built one of the great pilgrimage churches of Christendom around his tomb. The Basilica of San Francesco has two layers of frescoes by Giotto and his circle, and was badly shaken by the earthquake of 1997, when part of the vault fell. It reopened after careful restoration, and UNESCO listed Assisi in 2000.
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Ville d'Assise is where the day begins. Next is The system of Italian-style condominio the.
The Marche has more historic theatres per head than almost anywhere in Italy. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, almost every hill town built its own opera house, often paid for by local families who then owned their boxes, like apartments in a condominium, and passed them down through generations. The result is a network of jewel box theatres in small towns, with tiers of boxes, painted ceilings and gilded stucco, many of them restored and still in use. San Severino Marche, a few kilometres away, has the Teatro Feronia, one of these, and the network of such theatres across the region has been put forward for World Heritage recognition.
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The system of Italian-style condominio the comes up about 87 km into the recorded legs. Next is 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.
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about 167 km into the recorded legs you reach Teatro dell'Aquila. Next is back through The system of Italian-style condominio the.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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back through The system of Italian-style condominio the, late in the day. Next is Ville d'Assise.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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Back at Ville d'Assise. That is the ride.
Ville d'Assise → The system of Italian-style condominio the is 87 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The system of Italian-style condominio the → Teatro dell'Aquila is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Teatro dell'Aquila → back through The system of Italian-style condominio the is 75 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through The system of Italian-style condominio the → Ville d'Assise is 96 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.