Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Dordogne

Château
24300 Saint-Front-la-Rivière

The Château de la Renaudie, located in Saint-Front-la-Rivière in Dordogne, is a 13th–12th century building, today in ruins, marked by its defensive architecture and its history linked to the noble families of the Périgord.

Château fort
24370 Sainte-Mondane

The castle of Fénelon, a medieval fortress of the 12th-17th centuries, dominates the Dordogne Valley in Sainte-Mondane. Ranked a Historic Monument, it combines defensive architecture and seigneurial residence, famous as Fénelon's birthplace.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
24630 Jumilhac-le-Grand

Jumilhac Castle, built between the 15th and 17th centuries in Jumilhac-le-Grand in Dordogne, is a private historical monument combining Renaissance architecture and French gardens, overlooking the confluence of Isle and Ruchalait.

Château fort
24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil

The castle of Commarque, medieval fortress of the 12th–15th centuries, dominates the valley of the Beune at Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil (Dordogne). This semi-troglodytic castrum, classified as a Historical Monument, combines military architecture and underlying prehistoric remains.

Grotte ornée
24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil

The Font-de-Gaume Cave, located at the Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in Dordogne, is a prehistoric site decorated with more than 200 Magdalenian engravings and paintings, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.

Architecture gothique flamboyant
24530 Champagnac-de-Belair

The church of Saint-Christophe de Champagnac-de-Belair, built in the 14th and 15th centuries, is a unique nave Gothic building located in the Périgord, Dordogne. Ranked a historic monument in 1948, it is distinguished by its crossovers of warheads and its polygonal staircase turret.

Château de style Classique
24390 Hautefort

The Château de Hautefort, an architectural jewel of the seventeenth century in the Dordogne, dominates the village of the same name. This historic monument, combining classical style and medieval heritage, embodies eight centuries of perigord history.

Château de style Gothique
24580 Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac

The Château de l'Herm, built in the 15th and 16th centuries in Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac in the Dordogne, is a listed historical monument, famous for its Renaissance architecture and its turbulent history linked to the Calvimont and Hautefort families.