The Üzülmez Culture Valley Project, which is supported by the Western Black Sea Development Agency (BAKKA) and where two of the important structures of the industrial heritage in the TR81 Western Black Sea region will be brought to the urban life through restoration, re-functioning and landscaping works, is organized by the Chamber of Architects every two years and He won an award in the field of conservation at the National Architecture Awards, one of its most important awards. Zonguldak Provincial Special Administration, Zonguldak Municipality, General Directorate of Turkish Hard Coal Authority (TTK), Zonguldak Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism and Zonguldak Tourism Infrastructure Service Union are participating in the project supported by the Agency within the scope of the 2018 Guided Project Support. A contract was signed with the project on May 15, 2020. The agency contribution contracted in the project with a budget of 19.7 million TL is 10 million TL. With the project, the idle lavuar building was transformed into the Geopark Visitor Center, the mechanization workshop was transformed into a museum-restaurant to reflect the miner culture, the mining machinery and equipment donated by TTK and the elements that visualize the mining culture were displayed in the said restaurant, the virtual reality hall, wood carving and gift sales unit. shops to be used for functions such as local product / food sales unit, a cafeteria and a city park in the open area, a children's playground, activity areas in the upper and lower squares, theater, exhibition, concert, dining, etc.
It is planned to include functions such as organization area, open terrace area, vegetative landscape areas, public square, courtyard and Geopark Visitor Center and so on. With the project, it is aimed to re-function the industrial buildings, which have an important place in the economic and social memory of the region, in line with the needs of the city in order to draw attention to the visual aesthetics, the qualities of the period of their construction and the industrial history of the city, and to make these idle structures a part of social life. While the industrial heritage of the region will come to life with the living and tourism areas to be created within the area to be protected and re-functionalized within the scope of the project, a brand new place that has been modernized will be offered to the service of the people of Zonguldak.
Kadıoğlu Mosaics Kadıoğlu Mosaic is located in Zonguldak-Çaycuma-Kadıoğlu village, Çobanhasanlar quarter. It was unearthed as a result of archaeological excavations in the region by the Ereğli Museum between 2008-2011. The remains are thought to belong to a farmhouse (Villa Rustica) from the 3rd century AD. The house has 3 rooms with mosaic floors. Of these, there is a mosaic of 7.3 x 7.3 m inside the apsidal room. Other mosaics are 5.8 x 5.8 m, the mosaic on which Lykurgos and Ambrossia are depicted and 4.2x10.2 m geometrical patterns. The ruins are 15 meters away from Kadıoğlu Village Road and 7 meters below the road elevation. A project called Kadıoğlu Mosaic Protection Roof and Visitor Center has been developed and the aim of the project is to protect the mosaics from the weather conditions and to enable visitors to see the mosaics and get information about them on site. The ruins are in the northeast-southwest direction. Therefore, the visitor center was placed in the northeast-southwest direction parallel to the ruins. The entrance of the building is in the southwest direction and is approximately 3.5 meters below the village road.
This level can be descended with a 6% inclined ramp or a two-landed ladder. In addition to the protection roof in the building, there is a large entrance hall in the form of a balcony where information can be obtained for the security room, box office, souvenir sales, wc and mosaics and all the remains can be easily detected. The total building area is 1,000 m2. The building was designed using an architectural language suitable for the environment and the Black Sea. Steel structure was preferred because of the need for wide openings in the structure analysis. The facade is designed with solid wood material. The walls will be made as exposed concrete. The roof has been solved in a way that natural light can penetrate in order to perceive the mosaics better, and the roof lights and inner courtyard are considered. As the roof material, Turkish style tile, which is frequently used in the environment, was preferred. A walkway has been designed so that the mosaics can be seen closely so that they do not damage them. The carrier system of this walkway will be steel and its coating will be wooden. With the construction of the Kadıoğlu Mosaic Visitor Center, not only will the mosaics be preserved and opened to visitors, but also the economic revival of the village with the increase in the number of tourists visiting Kadıoğlu village and thus the development of the village's space and life quality will be provided. Efforts to find a budget for the tender and construction of the Visitor Center are ongoing.
Tios Ancient City Filyos has been called by different names such as Tios, Tieion, Tianon, Tium throughout history. P with Bithynia in antiquity Tios / Tieion Ancient City, located at the transition point between the aphlagonia Regions; today it is located in Zonguldak Çaycuma District, Filyos Town. BC by ancient writers. VII. The city, which is said to have been founded as a Miletus colony in the second half of the century, by a priest named Tios and was connected to the Herakleian Tiranacy and the Bithynia and Pontus Kingdoms during the Hellenistic Period, BC. It came under the rule of the Romans in the 70's, and reached an important religious center in the Byzantine Period. Tios City excavations were carried out in 2006 by Trakya University (later Karabük University) lecturer Prof. Dr. Sümer Atasoy started under the scientific direction of Assoc. Dr. Kdz under the consultancy of Şahin Yıldırım. It is continued by the Ereğli Museum. During the scientific archaeological excavations and environmental surveys carried out in the city area, which started in 2006 and continued until today, fortification walls dating to the Hellenistic Period, building remains from the Roman-Byzantine period, Roman period coins and pottery pieces were unearthed.
During the excavations carried out in 2009, black and red figure pottery pieces belonging to the Archaic period (76 BC) and 30 different types of glazed pottery pieces belonging to the Middle Ages (dated to 1214 A.D.) were found. The information and documents obtained from the excavations of Tios City are of great importance for the history and archeology of the Black Sea. Because Tios is the first and only ancient city excavated on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. As a result of the excavations, it is estimated that a large city will be unearthed with its roads, square, bath, religious buildings, houses, warehouses, shops and tombs. İnönü Cave is located within the borders of Alacabük village of Zonguldak province, Karadeniz Ereğli district. In the first excavations carried out in 2017, important results were obtained in terms of both the Western Black Sea Region and Anatolian Archeology. Information has been obtained that the cave and the region are the first settlements of the Black Sea.
In the excavations carried out in İnönü Cave, the first settlement of the Black Sea Region and the first findings of the Hittites period, as well as the first wooden historical findings in Anatolia were discovered. In the excavations carried out in the cave, medieval, Balkan originated tribes, the Hittite Empire and the remains of the Early Bronze period were found. The findings are in line with those seized in the Aegean Region, Bulgaria and the Balkans. The dates are also similar. It is estimated that there is cultural exchange by using the sea route from here. The remains in the cave show that the cultural strata lived here for three to four families throughout the year. The cave, which has a strategic location, shows that choosing such a location for 6,500 years ago is a serious culture. The construction of a pottery furnace is an indication of the existence of a settled society here.
Many carbonized lentils, wheat and barley seeds were also found in the cave. Lavuar Area The location of coal production facilities has played an important role in shaping the urban fabric of Zonguldak and choosing the location for many years. The city has almost begun to take shape around these facilities. The steepness of the Zonguldak topography should not be overlooked. The aim of the project is to create a synergy between industrial archeology and new architecture, and to reconstruct the city-sea and center-pedestrian relations. The expropriation of the TTK and Lavuar area, which divides the city of Zonguldak into two due to its very limited passage in the east-west direction, will make the city start to breathe again. The proposal of a funicular system between the new town square located in the west of the project area and the existing texture, the transformation of the Lavuar structure into the art focus, the abstract and permeable architecture designed right next to the half-demolished Kriblaj structure, housing a huge black granite miner statue called "black diamond", the proposed cypress along the way. Design decisions were made to keep the urban memory alive and to re-establish the balance between nature and the city, such as the representation of the trees of the miners, the restoration of the landscape on the natural ground that has deteriorated due to coal washing and storage facilities.
Zonguldak Central Coastal Arrangement and Social Facilities Housing Administration (TOKI) tendered by the Zonguldak Central Coastal Arrangement and Social Facilities Constructions and Infrastructure and Landscaping project, coastal arrangement and social reinforcement constructions on an area of 41 thousand 340.81 square meters, as well as infrastructure and landscaping. work is expected to be completed in 550 calendar days from the site delivery. Gökgöl Cave Visitor Center Gökgöl Cave is located on the eastern slope of Erçek Creek, 5 km southeast of Zonguldak.
Gökgöl cave is one of the important caves in Zonguldak and Turkey that can be visited with stalactites, stalagmites, columns, flags and curtains of various colors, textures and sizes. Gökgöl Cave, which passes through the south and becomes more accessible with the construction of the Zonguldak-Ankara highway, It aims to provide a more advanced experience to its visitors with its potential for intense interest at times. The construction continues by the Special Provincial Administration, and areas such as restaurants, washbasins, masjids, souvenirs and parking spaces are being created where tourists can meet their needs.