The Statute of Autonomy for Andalusia of 2007 establishes in article 10.3.3.º one of the basic objectives of the autonomous community: "The strengthening of the awareness of identity and Andalusian culture through knowledge, research and dissemination of the historical, anthropological and linguistic heritage", attributing article 68 of the same legal norm the exclusive competence of the autonomous community in matters of historical, artistic, monumental, archaeological and scientific.[1]​ The General Catalog of Andalusian Historical Heritage is defined in Law 14/2007 of November 26, on the Historical Heritage of Andalusia "as an instrument for the safeguarding of the assets registered therein, the consultation and dissemination of the same."[2]​.

The General Catalog of the Andalusian Historical Heritage will include the Assets of Cultural Interest, the general cataloging assets and those included in the General Inventory of Movable Assets of the Spanish Historical Heritage.

The protection regime for registered assets can be:

In addition, the catalog includes inscriptions as Assets of Cultural Interest under Law 16/1985 of June 25 of Spanish Historical Heritage.

This catalog is available in open data format.[3]​.

The Spanish Historical Heritage Law defines that: «*within the Spanish Historical Heritage, and in order to provide greater protection and guardianship, the category of Assets of Cultural Interest acquires a singular value, which extends to the movable and immovable assets of that Heritage that, most obviously, require such protection. Such a category implies also unique measures that the Law establishes according to the nature of the assets on which it falls.