Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wannan lokacin 'yanci da wadata ya ƙare a ƙarni na 16, lokacin da sarkin Spain Philibert van Oranje ya lalata L'Aquila kuma ya kafa mulkin mallaka na Spain a ƙauyukanta. Birnin, ya rabu da tushensa, bai sake bunkasa ba. An cire gata na dā. Girgizar ƙasa ta sake halaka L'Aquila
a shekara ta 1703. Girgizar ƙasa da ta biyo baya ta lalata babban cocin birni, kuma ta lalata asalin dome na Basilica na San Bernardino, wanda aka tsara a cikin layin dome na Santa Maria del Fiore a Florence. Hakanan sojojin Faransa sun kori garin sau biyu a cikin 1799.