Patrimonio histórico español is a term for Spain's heritage, including National Heritage Site

National Heritage Site

A National Heritage Site is a location/site that regards a building, monument, archeological, geographical,natural or topological feature having a large value that has been registered by a governmental agency of a particular country...

s. The Ministry of Culture has a department, the Subdirección General de Protección del Patrimonio Histórico ("Bureau of Protection of Historical Heritage") which maintains a heritage register.

The term has a similar meaning to Bien de Interés Cultural

Bien de Interés Cultural

A Bien de Interés Cultural is a category of the Spanish heritage register. This category dates from 1985 when it replaced the former heritage category of Monumento nacional in order to extend protection to a wider range of cultural property...

(BIC), a designation which includes non-moveable heritage objects such as monuments

Monument (Spain)

The current legislation regarding historical monuments in Spain dates from 1985. However, Monumentos nacionales were first designated in the nineteenth century. It was originally a fairly broad category for national heritage sites protecting, for example, the Alhambra...

 or historic gardens

Jardín histórico

Jardín histórico means "historic garden" in Spanish, and is a term applied to a number of gardens in Spanish-speaking countries.In Spain Jardín histórico is a heritage listing which protects historic gardens...

, as well as moveable heritage objects such as archeological objects, archives and large works of art. The Spanish system is semi-federal and regions have their own registers.

Heritage list holders

Administration		Regulation	Registration
	Ministry of Culture. Bureau of Protection of Historical Heritage	Ley 16/1985 del patrimonio histórico español	Registro General de Bienes de Interés Cultural and Inventario General de Bienes Muebles
Andalusia Andalusia Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...	Ministry of Culture. Directorate General for Cultural Property	Ley 14/2007 del Patrimonio Histórico de Andalucía	Sistema de Información del Patrimonio Histórico de Andalucía (SIPHA)
Aragon Aragon Aragon is a modern autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces : Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza...	Departament of Education, Culture, and Sport. General Directorate of Cultural Heritage	Ley 3/1999 del Patrimonio Cultural Aragonés	Sistema de Información del Patrimonio Cultural Aragonés (SIPCA)
Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...	Ministry of Culture, Social Communication and Tourism. Directorate General for Cultural Promotion and Language Policy	Ley del Principado de Asturias 1/2001 de Patrimonio Cultural	Registro de Bienes de Interés Cultural and Inventario del Patrimonio Cultural
Balearic Islands Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...	Ministry of Education and Culture. Directorate General of Culture	Llei 12/1998 del Patrimoni Històric de les Illes Balears	Registre de Béns d'Interès Cultural and Catàleg Insular del Patrimoni Històric
Canary Islands Canary Islands The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...	Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. Directorate General of Historical Heritage	Ley 4/1999 de Patrimonio Histórico de Canarias	Registro de Bienes de Interés Cultural and Inventario de Bienes Muebles
Cantabria Cantabria Cantabria is a Spanish historical region and autonomous community with Santander as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Autonomous Community , on the south by Castile and León , on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea.Cantabria...	Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport. Directorate General for Culture	Ley 11/1998 de Patrimonio Cultural de Cantabria	Registro de Bienes de Interés Cultural and Catálogo del Patrimonio Cultural
Castile-La Mancha Castile-La Mancha Castile-La Mancha is an autonomous community of Spain. Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura. It is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain's autonomous communities...	Ministry of Culture. Directorate General of Heritage and Museums	Ley 4/1990 del Patrimonio Histórico de Castilla-La Mancha	Registro de Bienes de Interés Cultural and Inventario de Bienes Muebles
Castile and León Castile and León Castile and León is an autonomous community in north-western Spain. It was so constituted in 1983 and it comprises the historical regions of León and Old Castile...	Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Directorate General of Heritage and Cultural Assets	Ley 12/2002 de Patrimonio Cultural de Castilla y Leon	Catálogo de Bienes de Interés Cultural and Inventario de Bienes del Patrimonio Cultural
Catalonia Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...	Department of Culture. General Directorate of Cultural Heritage	Llei 9/1993 del patrimoni cultural català	Inventari del Patrimoni Cultural Català: Registre de Béns Culturals d'Interès Nacional and Catàleg del Patrimoni Cultural
Valencia Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an autonomous community of Spain located in central and south-eastern Iberian Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Valencia...	Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport. General Directorate of Cultural Heritage Valencia	Llei 4/1998 del Patrimoni Cultural Valencià	Inventari General del Patrimoni Cultural Valencià
Extremadura Extremadura Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...	Ministry of Education and Culture. General Directorate of Cultural Heritage	Ley 2/1999 de patrimonio histórico y cultural de Extremadura	Registro de Bienes de Interés Cultural and Inventario del Patrimonio Histórico y Cultural
Galicia	Ministry of Culture and Tourism. General Directorate of Cultural Heritage	Ley 8/1995 del patrimonio cultural de Galicia	Inventario general del patrimonio cultural: Registro de Bienes de Interés Cultural and Catálogo del Patrimonio Cultural.
Madrid Madrid (autonomous community) The Community of Madrid is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located at the center of the country, the Iberian Peninsula, and the Castilian Central Plateau . The community is also conterminous with the province of Madrid and contains the capital of Spain, which is also...	Ministry of Culture and Sport. Directorate General of Historical Heritage	Ley 10/1998 de Patrimonio Histórico de la Comunidad de Madrid	Registro de Bienes de Interés Cultural and Inventario de Bienes Culturales
Murcia Murcia -History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...	Ministry of Education and Culture. Directorate General for Culture	Ley 4/2007 de Patrimonio Cultural de la Región de Murcia	Registro de Bienes de Interés Cultural, Catálogo del Patrimonio Cultural and Inventario de Bienes Culturales
Navarra	Department of Culture, Tourism and Institutional Relations. General Directorate of Cultural Heritage	Ley foral 14/2005 del Patrimonio Cultural de Navarra	Registro de Bienes del Patrimonio Cultural
Basque Country Basque Country (autonomous community) The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....	Department of Culture. Directorate of Cultural Heritage	Ley 7/1990 del Patrimonio Cultural Vasco	Registro de Bienes Culturales Cualificados and Inventario General de Bienes Culturales
La Rioja La Rioja (Spain) La Rioja is an autonomous community and a province of northern Spain. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Nájera.-History:...	Ministry of Education, Culture and Tourism. Directorate General for Culture	Ley 7/2004 de Patrimonio Cultural, Histórico y Artístico de La Rioja	Registro General del Patrimonio Cultural, Histórico y Artístico: Inventario de Bienes de Interés Cultural and Inventario de Bienes Culturales de Interés Regional