Asterix and the Chariot Race of the known world. Julius Caesar endorses the race but insists that a Roman must win for the sake of unity across the Italic Peninsula. In Gaul, Asterix and Obelix are taking Geriatrix to a dentist at a market in Darioritum, when a sibyl predicts Obelix will become a champion charioteer. Obelix then buys a sports chariot on credit, quits his menhir business and joins the trans-Italic race, accompanied by Asterix and Dogmatix. Over the course of the race, they encounter a range of competitors from other lands, as well as the people and cuisines of Ancient Italy. Only five
Brussels' Comic Book Route neighborhoods less crowded by tourists. The Brussels tourist association "Pro Velo" organizes a 2-hour bike tour starting at the "Bicycle Riders House" (). "Broussaille" was the first comic book wall to be painted, based on an original project of the Belgian comic book artist Frank Pé. With its surface of about , the mural painting was inaugurated in July 1991 at the intersection between the central streets and . As with most of the mural paintings, the Belgian association «Art Mural» was in charge of the execution of the fresco painting. «Art Mural» is an association created by five artists