The territories that witnessed major developments in tourism around the turn of the 20th century are also very often evaluated in the light of the ‘experience’ of the Grand Hotels,  and  more  in  general  of  the  development  of  a  hospitality  infrastructure,  i.e.  of new,  complex  and  imposing  facilities  which  in  this  period  became  commonplace throughout  Europe,  involving  the  work  of  numerous  architects  and  a  range  of  other professional figures in their complex building process.
The conference is designed to investigate the the me of the Grand Hotels in relation to the  modifications  implemented  to  the  contexts  in  which  they  were  built,  in  order  to understand  to  what  extent  it  might  be  right  to  look  on  these  structures  as  factors  of territorial  development.  In  general  terms,  this will  allow  us  to  contribute  to  the knowledge of specific local contexts, as well as putting forward comparisons and points of  reflection,  also  between  different  disciplines,  branching  out  to  the  themes  of  the preservation of landscape and architectural heritage.