Château de Montferrand

En un regard

Le château en bref

Perched on its promontory in Périgord Pourpre, the Château de Montferrand overlooks the village of Montferrand-du-Périgord and the Couze valley. Towards the end of the 12th century, the Biron family, having ceded its ancestral castle to a cadet branch, settled on this strategic site, at the crossroads of ancient trade routes and close to the river that powered mills and forges, encouraging settlement and trade. The building was completed by a new phase of works in the 15th century, contributing to the fortified ensemble — buildings, curtain wall and remains — which has been listed (inscrit) as a monument historique since 2013. Still privately owned, the château recently served, in 2019, as a setting for the television series "Draculi & Gandolfi" directed by Guillaume Sanjorge.