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'Hobbit Houses' that Might Just Save a Moldovan Village

Rogojeni’s half-buried 'hobbit houses' attract growing tourists since 2020, aiming to counteract village decline amid mass emigration, with 30 residents remaining, officials said.

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They call Rogojeni the "hobbit village", and its little half-buried houses, built to resist Moldova's cold winters and hot summers, do look like something from "The Lord of the Rings".

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With its "basti", picturesque stone houses semi-entered in green hills, the village of Rogojeni hopes to attract tourists, the only solution to save the place of a décripitude already begun. Visit. With its handful of buried houses worth in Rogojeni the nickname of "lobbit village", this small Moldovan hamlet in decline focuses on traditions ...

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InsideNoVA.com broke the news in on Friday, January 16, 2026.
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