The Montfort stronghold, at Vitrac (Dordogne - France). Le château fortifié de Montfort, à Vitrac (Dordogne - France).
The Montfort stronghold, at Vitrac (Dordogne - France). The history of the Simon de Montfort castle begins in 1214 and is exclusively made of a succession of struggles in order to obtain its possession. Razed to the ground once and re-built, it started to do all this again during the Hundred Years' War, under Louis XI and Henry IV. Some would say it is today a nice "chocolate- box" castle, the last restorations of which were undertaken in the XIX th century. Le château fortifié de Montfort, à Vitrac (Dordogne - France). L'histoire du château de Simon de Montfort commence en 1214 et n'est faîte que d'une succession de luttes pour en obtenir la possession. Rasé puis reconstruit une première fois, cela lui arrivera à nouveau au cours de la guerre de 100 ans, sous Louis XI et Henri IV. D'aucuns diraient que c''est aujourd'hui un joli château "d'opérette" dont les dernières restaurations ont été entreprises au XIX siècle.
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Location: Vitrac Dordogne France
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