The first settlement in Rustavi is the Rustavi Fortress in the Old Town, a landmark of Georgia of national significance.

Rustavi Fortress is part of the defensive complex around the border of Tbilisi. Scientists have identified three stages of the rebirth and development of the fortress and its walls. The very first building dates back to the 5th century AD, it consisted of several signal towers in the shape of a quadrangle, and places for military structures were equipped in the stone walls, in this form the fence stood until the 8th century. The second stage of the fortress was marked by the expansion of the structure, now it was complemented by semicircular turrets. In order to strengthen the entire defensive ensemble in the 9th - 11th centuries, the towers were combined into a solid fenced array, and already in 12-13, after almost 200 years, an outer wall was built, behind which a tunnel passage was located for mobile castling of the military during the siege of the fortress, there is definitely something to see in Georgia for history lovers.

Sights of Georgia they have a distinctive feature, often the walls of ancient buildings are decorated with national ornaments, for the most part this applies to castles and churches. There are no frescoes or other decorative decorations anywhere in the fortifications, except for the Rustavsky Fortress. The fortress is an exception to the rules as an architectural structure, because it was built in several stages, and from a decorative point of view there is something to see here.

Title

For several centuries, the question of the original name of the fortress was not resolved, the reason for this was the multinational nature of the people who inhabited Georgia. In the 20th century, the fortress was called Rish-kala, and the city of Rustavi itself was called Rishad, this is an Armenian dialect. In 1920, there was a version that the castle itself belonged to the Arishians and should have been called the Arish Fortress, this version is not supported by either historians or the Georgians themselves.