assets of cultural interest (bic)

The Historical Heritage of the Canary Islands, as established by Law 4/1999, of March 15, on the Historical Heritage of the Canary Islands, is constituted by movable and immovable property that has historical, architectural, artistic, archaeological, ethnographic, paleontological, scientific or technical interest. Also part of the Canarian historical heritage are the intangible assets of popular and traditional culture and the linguistic particularities of Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands. The assets that are part of the historical heritage will be included in the Register of Assets of Cultural Interest, in inventories and in municipal catalogues and letters. Property of cultural interest of the Canarian historical heritage, articles 17 and 18 of Law 4/1999, will be declared assets with more notorious values or that constitute unique testimonies of the Canarian culture, the declaration procedure being regulated by Decree 111/2004, of 29 July, approving the Regulations on the Procedure for the Declaration and Legal Regime of Property of Cultural Interest.