Cultural Heritage Stories Booklet | Page 21

As we rode, I figured out the question in my head. Mdina is also known by its titles Città Vecchia or Città Notabile, is a fortified city in the Northern Region of Malta, which served as the island's capital from antiquity to the medieval period. The city is still confined within its walls, and has a population of just under 300, but it is contiguous with the town of Rabat, which takes its name from the Arabic word for suburb. When we got down from the bus we were all tired from being cooped up for so long. Our teacher handed us our papers and told us that our first stop was going to be at the Museum of Natural History. The display areas in the museum cover various topics such as Maltese Geology and Palaeontology, exotic mammals, 16