The Mansions of the Gods

The Mansions of the Gods

Presentation

Written by: Goscinny

Drawings by: Uderzo
Original title: Le Domaine des Dieux

Published by: Hachette Livre
First published by: Pilote no. 591 (04/03/1971)
First album edition: 1971

Why not infiltrate the little Gaulish village building a modern housing estate? That’s the plan thought up by trendy Roman architect Squaronthehypotenus to help Caesar crush the indomitable Gauls.

 

Will the villagers be tempted by the chance to making money when the first Roman tenants move in? And what about the Gauls’ secret weapon? Roll up to see the Roman remains!

What the druids have to say about the album

The authors continue to dazzle us with ideas that they give to Caesar: property developers are trying to take our Gauls for a ride. And what if this were happening to us?

 

This is the album in which Dogmatix’s ecological sensitivity is firmly established! Every time a tree is uprooted, Obelix’s little dog dissolves in tears. The Village charter is set up.

 

It would seem that today’s architects have been impressed by the feats of their predecessor Squareonthehypotenus. This is borne out by a 16-page promotional brochure called «Scope: The Magic Post» («Scope: Le poteau magique» in French), which uses some of the adventure’s themes and images and was published by the French civil engineering company PPB-Saret in 1982. There is also a much rarer special edition put out by the public relations agency CIA, that organised the campaign.

Various versions of the album

Le domaine des dieux

Français – Éditions Hachette

Le Domaine des dieux

Français – Éditions Hachette – La Grande Collection

Die Trabantenstadt

Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection

Die Trabantenstadt

Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection – Die Utimative Édition

La residencia de los Dioses

Espagnol – Salvat

La residencia de los Dioses

Espagnol – Salvat La colección

La Residència dels Déus

Catalan – Salvat

O Domínio dos Deuses

Portugais – ASA

O Domínio dos Deuses

Portugais – A colecção – Salvat

The Mansions of the Gods

Anglais – Orion

De romeinse lusthof

Néerlandais – Éditions Hachette

Jumaltenrannan nousu ja tuho

Finnois – Egmont Kustannus OY AB

Asterix e il regno degli dei

Italien – Panini Comics

Byplanlæggeren

Danois – Egmont A/S

Gudarnas hemvist

Suédois – Egmont AB

Asteriks Tanrilar Sitesi

Turc – Remzi Kitabevi

O Domínio dos Deuses

Brésilien (Portugais) – Record

Osiedle Bogów

Polonais – Egmont Sp

Die Platte Jottweedee

Mundart 20 – Berlinerisch I

Hammonia-city

Mundart 38 – Hamburgisch I

De Hülsibau

Mundart 43 – Alemannisch II

Die Klaabankenstadt

Mundart 68 – Hessisch X

The bookseller’s corner

Classic paperback collection

N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-639-0
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48

Hardback edition

N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-638-3
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48