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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 Aquitaine.The castle clings to a promontory overlooking the Cingle de Montfort (Montfort Meander) on the Dordogne River. Its grandiose setting aroused the envy of those who wished to rule Périgordso that its history is a long series of battles and sieges. It was taken and razed to the ground by Simon de Montfort in 1214.
