Château de Montfort
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The Château de Montfort is a castle in the French commune of Vitrac in the Dordogne département, part of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
The castle clings to a promontory overlooking the Cingle de Montfort (Montfort Meander) on the Dordogne. Its grandiose setting "aroused the envy of those who wished to rule Périgord"[1] so that its history is a long series of battles and sieges. It was taken and razed to the ground by order of
Henri IV
of France.
Renovation work was carried out in the 19th century and gives the castle a "whimsical look of a stage setting for light opera."[1]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 2-06-132501-7.
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