In century I a.C., the Romans call Veneria, in reference to the abundant hunting greater than he provided this region. After the dark passage of the visigodos, the population is reconstructed by the Arabs.

In 1.249 its conquest by the Christian troops of Fernando III takes place, although the Muslims still try to recover it in 1.263 and 1.340. In 1.924 the title of City is granted to him.

The urban nucleus is based on the slopes that surround the hill by the Castle, with form extended in the East-West sense. It is delimited in three of his faces (South, the west and north) by steep forts that disable the urbanization. The hill constitutes from its origins the old fortified Acropolis. In first stage of the Roman dominion the existing strength is reused, but at the imperial time the nucleus begins to grow extrawalls in the only possible direction (the east), coincident with the way of Seville.

During the Muslim domination the city is reused intrawalls, reconstructs the Roman wall in all its perimeter and the classic plot is become deformed, that acquires the typical Arab image. The growth extrawalls takes place as of century XV, with the construction next to the Door of Seville of the New District. But the modern expansion begins in century XVIII, urbanizing the perpendicular street to the fore door, from the Seat of the Arc towards the east (street Track) and its parallel one by the south (present Andrés street Sanchez de Alba). During century XIX, the present Seat of Spain is constituted in center of the modern city. Streets in front of the three doors of the historical city arise from radial form, to the time that renews the city intrawalls. At the end of the XIX, the north-south is constructed to the railroad to the west of the nucleus and in direction, constituting a limit of the urban growth towards the salt marsh.

In first half of century XX, the colmatación of apples originated in previous centuries by the corresponding radial streets and their cross-sectional ones takes place both. The growth of the urbanized area is minimum, mainly in comparison with which it takes place from years 50. From then, the development mainly orients towards the north, following the way that unites the old city with the station, and towards the northeast, in the edges from the exit to Seville. The tipología edificatoria is opened, with blocks and promotion by polygons (case of the Blas quarter Infant). The only urban axis of great dimension is the Avenue of Andalucia, located on the way of the station, and that gives to continuity to the axis the north-south of the historical city.

Between its constructions of artistic historical interest they emphasize the Parochial Church of Santa Maria of Oliva (century XIII), the churches of Santa Maria de Jesus (century XVI), of the Convent of the Concepcionistas Nuns (century XVI) and of Santa Maria of the Castle (to mudéjar), the chapels of Vera-Cruz, the Aurora and the hospital of the Mercy (century XVIII), the asylum of San Andrés, the rest of the Castle, the Cilla of the Town hall, the City council (neoclassic), the Inn of the Conception (century XVIII) and the Monument to Elio Antonio de Nebrija.

In field of azur: Loaded on silver waves, a "duck of silver", added of a gold tower. Donjonada, manozada of saber (black), and clarified of gules (red) and empinantes to the tower two lynges of silver, stained of saber, one to each side.
To the timbre: it crowns real modern. "modern Real Crown" by the date of concession of the shield.