The aim of the paper is to identify the products of projects of co-financed from the EU Aid Funds in the field of cultural assets in the Lubelskie voivodship. The analysis was conducted using the SIMIK database of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development of the Republic of Poland. The data related to years 2007 to 2013 (2015). The study shows that in the territorial self-government units which are functionally linked up to rural areas, including rural communes, small towns and land counties, the main way of the use of grants for cultural projects are the investments aimed at adapting cultural objects to the fulfilment of new functions, including, first and foremost, grants for gastronomic and hotel services as well as the development of sports and recreational facilities. This results in the improvement of social and economic conditions, mainly due to the creation of new jobs and additional sources of income. In highly attractive tourist centres, such as Zamość, Nałęczów, Kazimierz Dolny, and Puławy, as well as in the voivodship capital, Lublin, the largest share of the expenditures goes for the purposes relating to revalorization of the objects of culture.