Speech delivered before the Royal Academy of Good Letters of Seville on November 19, 2023, at the public reception of Eduardo Peñalver Gómez, with a response from Antonio Collantes de Terán-Sánchez.

In his speech, Peñalver Gómez reflects on how the residents of Seville perceived their city in the 17th century, drawing from preserved testimonies found in various printed materials such as letters, notices, news, diaries, reports, and gazettes.