Audio Guide House of the Citharist

Audio guide House of the Citharist in English
In this audio guide, Emily Thompson takes you through House of the Citharist telling the story as you walk. In your accent, no need to read signs — just let your eyes take in what's in front of you.
What you'll hear inside House of the Citharist:
- 1Peristilo superior (sala 56)
The Upper Peristyle (Room 56) is one of three tiered peristyles that structure the House of the Citarist in Pompeii.
- 2Middle Peristyle with Bronze Fountain (Room 17)
The middle peristyle (room 17) formed the grandest space in the House of the Citharist.
- 3Peristilo inferior (sala 32)
The Lower Peristyle (room 32) is part of a remarkable sequence of three tiered courtyards that form the distinctive architectural feature of the Casa del Citarista.
- 4Cubiculum, Room 20 with panels of Mars and Venus, Laomedonte and Leda
Room 20 in the House of the Citarist is a bedchamber featuring mythological panels from the Third Style, dating to the 1st century AD.
- 5Exedra Room 21 with the Judgment of Paris
The exedra in room 21 of the Casa del Citarista displays one of the house's most impressive mythological panels, depicting the Judgement of Paris.
- 6Room 23 with Paintings of Pindar, Corina, Apollo and Marsyas
Room 23 of the House of the Citharist adjoins the exedra and contains two remarkable wall paintings with musical themes.
- 7Triclinium Room 37 with Venus and Adonis, Io and Endymion
Room 37 is a triclinium (dining room) in the House of the Citharist, situated off the lower peristyle.
- 8Apollo Citharaeus Sculpture (in situ reproduction)
In the central peristyle of the Casa del Citarista stands an in situ copy of the sculpture that lent the house its name: a figure of Apollo playing the cithara.
- 9Bronze sculptural group of animals with semicircular fountain
The peristyle garden of the House of the Citharist in Pompeya features a striking sculptural ensemble arranged around a semicircular marble fountain.
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