- Nationally, a total of 80 million euros will serve to improve 78 historic buildings
- The Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda, the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility and the Ministry of Culture have approved the list of actions corresponding to the call for grants of 2025
- The total investment planned by the participating entities and administrations, including the contributions of the State, is of 133 million euros
- The Monastery of Santa Catalina de Siena, in Valladolid, and the Monastery of Sant Feliu de Guíxols top the list of 78 performances
The Government of Spain, through the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda, the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility and the Ministry of Culture, will invest 80 million euros in the recovery and valuation of 78 monuments of the Spanish Historical Heritage, distributed in 73 municipalities. The Joint Commission for the 2% Cultural Program has approved the provisional list of actions after having received 422 requests.
The 2% Cultural Program is born from the obligation of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda, the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility and the Ministry of Culture to allocate 2% of their public works contracts to works of conservation or enrichment of the Spanish Historical Heritage or to the promotion of artistic creativity.
Total investment of 133 million euros
From the State grant of 80 million included in this call, the total investment planned by the participating entities and administrations aimed at the recovery of these 78 patrimonial elements declared of cultural interest, exceeds 133 million euros.
The average amount of aid requested in the projects submitted is close to The 860,000 euros (about 65% of the total amount of each action).
The resolution benefits monuments located in 14 autonomous communities, with the following distribution:
• Andalusia. €13.8 million
• Aragon. 1.6 million euros
• Principality of Asturias. 2.1 million euros
• Canary Islands. 0.6 million euros
• Castile and Leon. 11.3 million euros
• Castile-La Mancha. 5.3 million euros
• Catalonia. 11.7 million euros
• Comunitat Valenciana. 5.7 million euros
• Extremadura. 4.1 million euros
• Galicia. €9.1 million
• Community of Madrid. 1.5 million euros
• Region of Murcia. 8.2 million euros
• Foral Community of Navarre. 3.3 million euros
• Euskadi. 1.2 million euros
The 10 biggest performances
The 10 performances with the largest contribution of 2% Cultural concentrate 28.29 million, which represents 35.4% of the total aid of the call (80 million).
The Monastery of Santa Catalina de Siena, in Valladolid, tops this list (4.22 million aid), followed by the Monastery of Sant Feliu de Guíxols (3.90 million), the Monastery of San Martín Pinario, in Santiago de Compostela (3.72 million) and the Casa del Niño in Cartagena (3.13 million).
The 10 largest performances also include the Simón Ruiz General Hospital in Medina del Campo (2.97 million); the Monastery of San Salvador in Lourenzá (2.86 million); the Vázquez de Molina Palace in Úbeda (2.25 million); the Badajoz citadel (2.21 million); the Valls wall (1.52 million); and the Guadalajara Alcázar (1.51 million).
Next call for 45 million
The Joint Commission, which includes representatives of the three ministries participating in the program, has raised its proposal for actions to the Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda, Isabel Rodríguez, for the issuance of the corresponding provisional resolution.
In addition, the Joint Committee has authorized a new call for 45 million euros that is expected to be published before the end of this year 2026. This new call implies that the 2% Cultural Program calls for its grants two years in a row, demonstrating the commitment of the ministerial departments to the recovery of heritage.
Program of 2% cultural
The 2% Cultural program is the main tool of the General Administration of the State to guarantee the conservation of the historical, cultural and artistic heritage of Spain, prioritizing the generation of activity, creating employment and regenerating urban or rural environments.
Since its inception, 1,346 applications have been approved for projects with an implementation budget of 1,362 million euros. For all of them, the aid provided by the 2% Cultural program amounts to 854.9 million euros, which is 62.8% of the amount of execution. To these applications already approved will be added the 78 of the call 2025, confirming the commitment of the three ministries that work together in the conservation of the Heritage.