Rustaveli Avenue is the central avenue of Tbilisi, named after the medieval Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli. The total length of the avenue, stretching from Freedom Square to Rustaveli Square, is about 1.5 km.
There are a large number of government, public, cultural and commercial buildings on the avenue, including the Parliament of Georgia, the Church of Kashveti, the Academy of Sciences of Georgia, the National Museum of Georgia, the Opera and Ballet Theater, the Shota Rustaveli Theater, the Tbilisi Russian Drama Theater named after A. S. Griboyedov and others. Plane trees are planted on both sides of the avenue.