Spoleto, day two – JC's iPhone Blog

Our second day in Spoleto meant a loop ride was in our future. In this case it was a lovely 18½ mile ride, with about 1600 feet of elevation gain. The ride exited Spoleto to the NE, and wound into a valley lined with olive groves & thick wooded hillsides. Check out the photos…

The view begins to open up, giving us glimpses of the climb to come

Steep olive tree-lined hillside — That must’ve been a bit of work to plant, eh?

Sky above olive groves above red poppies — Blue sky over soft-green olive groves above red poppies

The view back down the valley as we near the top of our climb — The view back down the valley as we near the top of the climb

Incredible view of the valley from the top — The valley below. (Can you see the red poppies in the distance?)

Ancient buildings above field of grain

I love the number of greens in this image

After the relatively short ride, we decided to explore Spoleto a bit more. We learned that there’s quite a lot of ancient Roman history to be found there. Among the sites we visited were the archeological museum and a well-preserved Roman dwelling beneath the Town Hall, that’s famous for its amazing mosaic floors…

Statuary that was brought from Rome to decorate the local “teatro”

Statuary that was brought in from Rome to decorate the local “teatro”

The Roman Teatro in Spoleto — Spoleto’s Roman Teatro

Portion of an old Roman tablet

They had trouble fitting all the letters into their tablets even then!

Spoleto’s Town Hall — We came around a corner, and there it was, Town Hall!

Roman mosaics

Another mosaic pattern

We felt very accomplished at the end of the day yesterday, having gotten in a nice ride, as well as experienced quite a bit of history of the town. We could get used to this lifestyle! 😁

Author: John Clark

Computer consultant/glass artist, living in the San Juan Mountains of SW Colorado. View all posts by John Clark