Parc Astérix is a theme amusement park in France, based on the stories of Asterix (by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny). Situated approximately 35 km (22 mi) north of Paris and 32 km (20 mi) from Disneyland Resort Paris, in Plailly in the département of Oise, it opened in 1989. The park is operated by Compagnie des Alpes.

Audrey Tautou attends “La Delicatesse” Paris Premiere on December 13, 2011 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Models get ready before hitting the catwalk at the French Ministry of Culture during the dwarf fashion show in Paris, France, Friday October 2, 2015. The show is an event organizers say is aimed at highlighting the elitism and prejudice that the model industry encourages in its depiction of bodies. It is presented during the Paris Fashion Week but is not part of it. (Photo by Jerome Delay/AP Photo)

A model wears a creation for Stephane Rolland's Spring-Summer 2016 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Tuesday, January 26, 2016. (Photo by Francois Mori/AP Photo)

A child falls sleep while people take part in the 35th India Day Parade in New York August 16, 2015. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

Revellers take part in the annual Gay Pride parade along Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 29, 2016. (Photo by Nacho Doce/Reuters)

An elephant decorated with a cloth walk in the annual Nawam Perahera street parade in Colombo February 22, 2016. Over 50 elephants are participating in a street parade for Gangaramaya temple's annual Perahera festival, along with a nightly procession of traditional dancers, fire twirlers and traditional musicians. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

When a French politician remarked that a monument should be raised in honour of American independence at a dinner party in 1865 he probably didn't imagine that the result would become an international icon of freedom. ...