Hautefort Castle

Welcome to the Château de Hautefort

Located on a rocky spur, the Hautefort Castle is an old medieval fortress transformed in the 17th century by the marquis of the name into a pleasure dwelling.

Embellished in particular by the addition in the 19th century of a French garden and a landscaped park, it is a unique site in the Périgord which combines the splendour of nature and the majesty of architecture with a culture of refinement inherited and transmitted over time.

This place steeped in history, preserved and restored by its various owners for over a millennium, can still be visited today. It is the fruit of a family's strong commitment to one value: beauty.

The Château de Hautefort is the story of a passion: bought in the first quarter of the 20th century by Baron and Baroness Henry de Bastard, it was restored with care and devotion. After the main building was destroyed in a fire in 1968, the Baroness, now a widow, worked tenaciously for a second restoration, carried out in conjunction with her family, the public and with the support of the local authorities and the Ministry of Culture.

The Fondation du Château de Hautefort, created in 1984, then recognised as a public utility in 1990, has made it possible to guarantee the durability of the estate, to ensure its management, but also to share its beauty with as many people as possible.

Through everyone's commitment, the Château de Hautefort bears witness to the generosity and love of the public for its heritage. The unique and collective history of Hautefort continues today in a thousand ways: hosting film shoots, themed guided tours, an experimental vegetable garden, workshops on biodiversity and sustainable management which earned it the first eco-label awarded to a cultural site. In Hautefort, beauty can be inhabited, visited and exists loud and clear.