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Le château en bref
The Château de Bourdeilles overlooks the Dronne in the Périgord Vert, between Périgueux and Brantôme. It brings together two buildings: a 13th-century medieval fortress built by Géraud de Maulmont, dominated by a 35-metre octagonal keep, the tallest in Périgord, and a Renaissance palace inspired by Italian villas, begun in 1588 by Jacquette de Montbron, who helped shape the Italianate spirit of Catherine de' Medici's court. Mentioned as early as 1183, retaken from the English by Du Guesclin in 1377 and listed as a historic monument in 1919, it welcomes around 32,000 visitors a year and offers self-guided or audio-guided tours, workshops, night-time visits, a virtual-reality escape game and major summer events (the Médiévales and the Théâtrales).