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In Medieval times the whole district around Żejtun, that is the southern end of Malta, was known as le Terre di Santa Caterina, ( Italian for ' the lands of Saint Catherine ', Italian being the official language in the period ).
During this period a number of new villages such as Ghaxaq and Marsaxlokk emerged from parts of the Parish of Żejtun.
The local militia regiment of Żejtun was one of the first to engage the Ottoman forces in the initial stages of the Great Siege of 1565, but the town continued to suffer attacks by Turkish pirates up to 1614, when an attack by the Turks was repulsed without aid from other militias.
It was one of the first towns in Malta, outside the main fortified areas of Malta, to boast a Public Garden.
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