An expulsion decree for the Moorish was issued in 1609, being the Grao one of the ports in which they were boarded to be transferred to the North of Africa. In fact, the direct impact of the expulsion was insignificant in the city of Valencia, since there were merely a few Moorish houses but it greatly affected the rents of many noblemen, most of them were residents of the capital, which in the long term had an impact in the economy of the city.  The crown worried to establish compensatory measures for these nobles who had lost a considerable agrarian hand labour.

The Seventeenth Century and mainly throughout Felipe the 4th kingdom from 1621-1665, was characterized by the reinforcement of the absolutist tendencies of the monarchy, which was reflected in the progressive control of the municipal posts by the King and his involvement – through the viceroy- on competences the jurisdictions attributed to the city in Valencia. This led to continuous tensions and the sending of embassy protests to the court.

In this circumstance, the uprising of the huerta‘s farm workers took place who protested on what they considered as abusive taxes introduced by the city on the production and consumption within its term. The rebels even managed to siege Valencia and this forced its inhabitants to take up arms. The Viceroy, the Marques of Camarasa initially approved the demand of the farm workers, this calmed down the rebellion but due to the uneasiness this measure caused in the capital, a new agreement was reached the following year which satisfied both sides and did not seriously alter the competence of that one.

To this adverse circumstance, consecutive plagues showed up (the most serious one took place in 1647 and 1652 which reduced the population to one third and a calamitous flood of the Turia River in 1651. The economy remained stagnated nearly the whole century and only expressed symptoms of recovery in the final decades.

The Seventeenth Century, was the great century of the ceremonial baroque, of the royal entrances, of the massive processions full of religious fervour, of the public protocol acts. During the occasion of these celebrations, the city was being transformed: the palaces exhibited its facades with tapestry, canvasses, mirrors and cornucopias, streets were lighted with lamps, torches and candles, achieving with all this a magic environment that enchanted the people. Some of these aspects still remain in expressions like the Miracles de Sant Vicent or the Corpus.