National Boarding Schools were born in the period immediately preceding national unity. Originally, the task of these institutions was essentially to facilitate access to study for children belonging to small suburban towns to enable them to attend schools. The National Boarding School of Cagliari, named after Victor Emmanuel II (the first king of the reunified Italian state), which officially came into being in Cagliari under Law No. 4 of October 1848. 819, actually has an even older history. In fact, it traces its origins to the Calaritan Seminary, later called the College of Nobles, which existed since 1618 and finally passed to the state by the Casati Law of 1859. The historic headquarters on Manno Street is located in the old building formerly home to the Cagliari Seminary. This building currently houses the Music-oriented section of the Secondary School. There are particularly valuable rooms such as: the Audience Hall, with its chapel, suitable for hosting conferences and cultural events, and the Historical Library, itself renovated with modern and functional furnishings in full harmony with the pre-existing architectural style, which houses one of the most important and beautiful collections of ancient texts in Cagliari.
