In 1992, coinciding with the fifth centenary of the Discovery of the Americas, the Universal Exposition was held for six months in Seville, on the occasion of which the local communications network infrastructure was greatly improved: the SE-30 ring road around the city was completed and new highways were constructed; the new Santa Justa train station had opened in 1991, while the Spanish High Speed Rail system, the "Alta Velocidad Española" (AVE), began to operate between Madrid-Seville.
Drugič je mesto obiskal 13. junija 1993, na mednarodnem evharističnem kongresu.