Around the beginning of 70’s, the worldwide economy is experimenting series of transformations which implies a real mutation of the social an economical reality, a dominant reality up to now. The growing interdependence, among nations, regions and cities, makes necessary search advantages that permit every ambit to compete in a global economy more and more, it demands a better profit of proper benefits or resources. In this context, apparently convenient, just as in this article is carried out, a reflection about the role of the cultural patrimony as a development factor and its possible incidence in the territorial structures.