Wender·Vista
Parc Astérix
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileFrance
in Plailly, half an hour north of Paris

Parc Astérix

— — a Gallic village built sideways into a forest.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“Parc Astérix is the second-largest theme park in France, set in the forest at Plailly about thirty-five kilometres north of Paris. The park draws its world from the Astérix comics, with Roman legions, druids, wild boar, and the small Gallic village that refuses to be conquered. Six themed zones run from Ancient Greece to nineteenth-century France, threaded together by wooden footbridges and the long arc of a wooden roller coaster through the pines.

from the studio
Parc Astérix
— bring it home

Parc Astérix, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Parc Astérix

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Parc Astérix is a theme park in Plailly, Oise, in the Hauts-de-France region, about 35 kilometres north of central Paris and ten minutes from Charles de Gaulle Airport. The park opened in April 1989 and is operated today by the Compagnie des Alpes. It is themed on the Astérix comics by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, first published in 1959, and is the second most-visited theme park in France after Disneyland Paris, drawing roughly 2.6 million visitors a year.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the year

Parc Astérix runs a seasonal calendar. The park typically opens in early April and closes in early January, with an autumn Halloween programme called Peur sur le Parc and a winter season around Christmas. The summer months carry the longest hours and the highest crowds; spring weekdays are the quietest. The park keeps about thirty attractions across six themed zones, anchored by the inverted coaster OzIris and a wooden coaster named for Zeus that runs through the pines.

— the visit

The park is reached from Paris by a dedicated shuttle bus from Porte Maillot or by car along the A1 autoroute, exit 7. Tickets are sold by date, and arriving at opening generally clears the longest queues by mid-morning. The on-site hotels Les Trois Hiboux, La Cité Suspendue, and Les Quais de Lutèce allow guests early access to the park. Most attractions are open to children above 1.05 metres; the larger coasters require 1.40 metres.

— where
France · Plailly, Oise
— within
Parc Astérix
— position
49.1361° N · 2.5736° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
10 km S
Charles de Gaulle Airport
airport
10 km E
Senlis
medieval town
15 km W
Chantilly
château
35 km S
Paris city centre
capital
N
Parc Astérix
Charles de Gaulle Airport
Senlis
Chantilly
Paris city centre
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Parc Astérix — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Parc Astérix is a theme park in Plailly, about 35 kilometres north of Paris, themed on the Astérix comics by Goscinny and Uderzo. It opened in 1989 and is the second most-visited theme park in France.

The park runs a seasonal calendar from early April to early January, with an autumn Halloween season called Peur sur le Parc and a winter Christmas season. It is closed for most of January, February, and March.

By car, the A1 autoroute exit 7 leads directly to the park, about thirty minutes from central Paris. A dedicated shuttle bus runs from Porte Maillot, and Charles de Gaulle Airport is ten minutes away.

The park keeps about thirty attractions across six themed zones. The signature coasters are OzIris, a B&M inverted coaster set in an Egyptian zone, and a wooden coaster named for Zeus that runs through the pines.

Parc Astérix draws roughly 2.6 million visitors a year, the second-busiest theme park in France after Disneyland Paris, and one of the busiest in Europe outside the Disney and Universal networks.

— about the piece in your home

It has carried well for adult Astérix readers and for families whose children grew up at the park. A Small with a handwritten studio note, or a Coaster Set for the kitchen, both travel easily.

The forest greens, Gaulish reds, and Roman golds sit easily in Maximalist, Mountain-modern, and warm Bohemian interiors. Against a quiet wall, the village reads clearly from across the room.

For a child's bedroom or a family playroom, the Medium reads at standing height. Above a family-room sofa, the single Large carries the village. A Coaster Set extends the world to the kitchen.

Yes. For wet or steamy rooms, choose Dura Satin or Matte. Both resist scratching and water beading, and keep the colour beneath a thin protective layer.

A soft microfibre cloth and water are enough. No solvents, no abrasive sprays. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and stays in the surface.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is curated and finished in our Knoxville studio. We license no artwork from outside, and each tile is hand-finished before it leaves.

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