The titular painting of Hal Gwann's extinct church, which was dedicated to the Beheading of St. John, survives at the Parish Church Museum. Zejtun is a different kind of town. For starters, it is hardly a town at all. Despite a large population and several urban amenities, Zejtun sticks to a village way of life. But it's more than the rural aspect that sets Zejtun apart.
Superstitious accounts make iz-zwieten even physically different, like having flat feet.
Less peculiar is the theory that they resisted Christianity in the 1st century AD, while under Roman rule. Apparently St. Paul had better luck converting their distant countrymen across the archipelago. Remains of Zejtun's Roman past include a villa within the limits of Carlo Diacono School and a cistern in a private residence a few hundred feet to the north. Zejtun's dialect is also quite distinctive. Another interesting word, though not restricted to Zejtun, is culqana , a traditional black robe with a stiff hood that is otherwise known as faldetta or ghonnella.