Short answers, pulled from the story.
The first known name for the city now called Seville was Hisbaal, a designation given by the Phoenicians and Tartessians who established trading posts along the Guadalquivir River as early as the 8th century BC.
The Great Plague of Seville occurred in 1649 and reduced the population by almost half, with the city not recovering until the early 19th century.
The hottest temperature extreme of 47.4 degrees Celsius was registered by the weather station at Seville Airport on the 23rd of July 1995.
The Universal Exposition was held in Seville in 1992, during which the SE-30 ring road was completed, the Seville-Santa Justa railway station opened, and the Alamillo Bridge and Centenario Bridge were constructed.
The first Auto de Fé took place in Seville on the 6th of February 1481, when six people were burned alive.
A study of experts concluded in 2012 that the total number of operas set in Seville is 153, which is more than in any other city of Europe.