La Galère, Pirate ship at France.

La Galère is a swinging pirate-ship ride in the Les Vikings area of Parc Astérix in Plailly, built by Zamperla on its Galleon model. A red hull with blue and yellow trim hangs between two light-blue steel A-frames joined by a dark hub, with white diagonal cross-bracing and a red four-pointed star emblem on the support. It seats 54 riders.

La Galère opened on 30 April 1989, the same day as Parc Astérix itself, in the Les Vikings area. It is a Galleon-model swinging ship built by the Italian manufacturer Zamperla, and it has operated in that spot since the park's first season.

La Galère stands in the Les Vikings area of Parc Astérix, opened with the park on 30 April 1989. Its swinging-ship form, built by Zamperla as a Galleon model, borrows the shape of a sailing vessel for a fairground ride rather than a real ship. The name is French for "the galley".

La Galère sits in the Les Vikings area of Parc Astérix in Plailly. Riders need a minimum height of 1.20 m, and the ride holds 54 people, so queues move at about 750 visitors per hour. A circuit lasts two minutes; the strongest swings are felt in the seats at the two ends of the hull.

The boat is driven from below by one or more fast-spinning rubber-tyred wheels that push it alternately in each direction, so no chain or cable pulls the hull. The strongest sensations are felt in the seats at the two ends of the boat, which swing highest.