The Château de Montfort is a castle in the French commune of Vitrac in the Dordogne département, part of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
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 Simon de Montfort in 1214.
Abbot Guy of Vaux-de-Cernay led the demolition party.
Renovation work was carried out in the 19th century and gives the castle a "whimsical look of a stage setting for light opera.