The ruins of the fortress of Sukhum Dioscuria - tourist object on the seaside in the city of Sukhumi. On this site there are many legends, rumors and opinions. Some call it the "Black Sea Atlantis", some - "Sebastopolis" (similar names - Sevastopol, San Sebastian), and some - "Dioscuri". Each name is understandable.

In VI .  Don .  e .  on the site of the present capital of Abkhazia was a colony of Miletus Greeks Dioskuriada .  The name was given in honor of the twins Castor and Pollux, known as the Dioscuri, the participants Argonauts in Colchis for the "Golden Fleece" .  About Greeks results show small fragments of ancient pottery .  Perhaps the ancient Greek settlement was destroyed by conquerors, perhaps - a strong earthquake is more likely - spent under water because of the powerful landslide .  Underwater discovered the remains of the ancient city on the sea floor near the waterfront .  Hence arose the name "Black Sea Atlantis" .  Came here on the site Dioscuria Romans built a fortress city, giving it a grandiose name Sebastopolis (in Russian - "Holy City"), as evidenced by the remains of the foundations of the fortifications found I-IV centuries .  n .  e .  In VI .  on the site of the destroyed during the Persian-Byzantine war was again the ruins Sebastopolis .  From the XIII to XV centuries .  Genoese erected here a trading post and a port .  Those who came after in the XVIII century .  Ottoman Turks built a strong fortress and called it Sukhum-Kale ("stool" - a fortress) . 

In the XIX century., After the arrival of Russian troops in Sukhumi, the fortress housed the local garrison, and then there was a prison, where even the remains of revolutionary camera Ordzhonikidze. Today on the site of the former fortress is located restaurant "Dioscuria." Fragments of the former citadel preserved, but excavations are conducted.