What is "rustaveli"

Rustaveli may refer to:

• Shota Rustaveli (1172–1216), a Georgian poet
• Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Georgia named after the poet
• Rustaveli Theatre, a drama theatre in Tbilisi named after the poet
• Rustaveli (Tbilisi Metro), a Tbilisi Metro station named after the poet
• Rustaveli cinema, a movie theater in Tbilisi
• The title of the Georgian Orthodox bishop of Rustavi (and of Marneuli)

The Rustaveli is a station of the Tbilisi metro on the Akhmeteli-Varketili Line. It is located at Rustaveli square at the northern end of Rustaveli avenue. The station was opened on 11 January 1966 as part of the first metro line with six stations from Didube to Rustaveli. Located between Tavisuplebis Moedani station and Marjanishvili station, Rustaveli is with 60 meters (and an escalator length of 120 meters) the deepest station of the Tbilisi metro system.