During one of the cultural visits to Valletta, a group of students from St. Margaret College Senior Secondary School, Verdala, Cospicua paid a short visit to the National Library of Valletta, Malta. Students were accompanied by their teacher Martin Azzopardi sdc and were shown round the library by Ass. Librarian Mr Donald Briffa.
The National Library serves as a research depot for many scholars. It holds many important archives especially those of the Universita’ dei Gurati (the island’s local government prior to 1530) and of the Knights of St John. The library contains many historically significant books including the big private collection of books of Fra Louis Guérin de Tencin and of Cardinal Joaquin Portocarrero.

Students from St. Margaret College Senior Secondary School, Verdala, Cospicua, Malta: Leon Buttigieg, Aidan Bugeja and Matthew Megrahi; accompanied by teacher Martin Azzopardi sdc discover the richness of the National Library of Valletta, Malta – December 2018