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Vitrac is a special, welcoming
place to live, with numerous accommodation facilities. A visit to
its little 12th-century church is not
to be missed.
The road along the Dordogne takes
you past a golf-course to the village of Montfort,
dominated by a superb château high above the river.
Throughout its history, it was knocked down and rebuilt several times,
the inevitable fate of a building occupying a strategic location.
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Among
those who had it destroyed was the notorious Simon
de Montfort, sent down by the King
of France to crush the Cathar "heretics" then prevalent
in the region. (There’s no connection between his name and that
of the village - purely a coincidence.) The oldest part of the present
château dates from the 15th century. From a viewpoint a few
kilometres farther down the road towards Carsac, you have wonderful
views over a huge loop in the river, as well as the walnut
plantation at Turnac (on the left bank) and the château itself,
on its rocky spur looming over the Dordogne. |
