The Spanish, with their intramural allies, the "old nobility" entrenched in the mountain fastnesses behind Genoa, captured the city on May 30, 1522, and subjected the city to a merciless pillage.
Hispaanlased, koos kohalike liitlaste, "vana aadliga", juurdusid mägikindlustesse Genova taga, vallutasid linna 30. mail 1522 ja allutasid linna halastamatule röövile.