Phrases about Seville - Learn Spanish

We all know that Seville is beautiful, picturesque, that it has so much art and mystery that one doesn't just stroll through it, but is enchanted. But what else has been said about one of our students' favorite destinations? Let's do a quick review.

• “The bad thing isn't that Sevillians think they have the most beautiful city in the world...the worst thing is that they might even be right,” was what the writer Antonio Gala said about the place. Sense of humor or envy?
• “Sevillians are accused of navel-gazing, but Seville has a navel worth seeing.” That's how the controversial writer Antonio Burgos referred to his hometown. Ah! “Navel-gazing” is a comical synonym for “narcissism.”
• “Everything here is fictional, except the setting. “No one could invent a city like Seville.” This is how the writer Arturo Pérez-Reverte expressed himself in the prologue to the novel “The Skin of the Drum.”
• “(...) the feeling of being in a city where the problem of the human condition has been solved is overwhelming.” This breathtaking phrase comes from Robert Wilson, author of the series of novels featuring the Sevillian inspector Javier Falcón.
• “The rain in Seville is a marvel.” Whoever said this is not wrong, considering the city's dry climate. Many people have said it, but few know that it's the line the dubbing actors slipped into the Spanish version of “My Fair Lady” instead of the famous “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.”
• “He who went to Seville lost his seat” is a very popular expression that Spaniards use to express that we mustn't let an opportunity slip by because, at the slightest lapse in attention, it can be snatched away. We believe the mention of Seville is simply because it rhymes with silla (chair). But... what is it like to see Seville and be ready to let yourself be swept away?