Măgura is a commune in

Buzău County Buzău County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Buzău. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 432,054 and the population density was 70.7/km ...

Muntenia Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the rarely used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in Ro ...

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, located on the right bank of the

Buzău River Buzău (; formerly spelled ''Buzeu'' or ''Buzĕu'') is a city in the historical region of Muntenia, Romania, and the county seat of Buzău County. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Car ...

, in the hillside next to the

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' curvature. It is composed of two villages, Ciuta and Măgura. It also included Ojasca and Unguriu villages from 1968 until 2004, when these were split off to form

Unguriu Unguriu () is a commune in the Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania, north-west of Buzău, the county seat, on the banks of the river Buzău (river), Buzău. It is composed of two villages, Ojasca and Unguriu. History The first mention of Unguriu is ...

Commune.

Landmarks

In the close vicinity of Măgura, lies the Ciolanu Monastery, a

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monastery built in the 16th century. The Măgura sculpture camp was an event that took place during the summers of the years 1970–1986, when students and graduates of the Bucharest Academy of Art were training in sculpture. Their works of art are now visible on the meadows in front of the monastery, making up a large open-air art museum.

Natives

* Maria Bobu (1925–2007), communist politician

Notes

Communes in Buzău County Localities in Muntenia {{Buzău-geo-stub