While in Rome, he had become acquainted with those he would eventually hire to create his estate at Marino.
As a result of his travels, he was also able to count many influential designers as friends. James Caulfeild, then 4th Viscount Charlemont, was just shy of thirty years old when he began the architectural project which would become the Casino.Īrchitecture was a great interest of his, and he had studied plenty of examples of classical buildings while travelling through the continent.
