Comandància Militar

La Comandancia Militar de La Línea de la Concepción (Cádiz, Spain) is a building that, originally intended as pavilions for the garrison's senior and junior officers, now houses the Municipal Culture Department, the José Riquelme Municipal Library, the Head of the Municipal Archives Service and the Francisco Tornay Municipal Historical Archive.

It is the oldest building in the city, its pavilions for senior and junior officers dating from 1863 to 1865. All the stone used in its construction was donated to the government by the then alcalde pedáneo (village mayor), Lutgardo López Muñoz. At that time, the detachment forming part of the garrison consisted of two companies of the Reina Número 2 Regiment, which numbered 200 men, under the command of Commander Manuel de Luque Díaz and five junior officers.

The building does not follow any architectural order; instead, its façade is made up of three sections with thirteen windows and a large main door, decorated with mouldings carved in sandstone, which gives the building great beauty. Two palm trees stood at its main entrance (these palm trees no longer exist, as they were affected by the red palm weevil, which attacks this variety of palm).