of whatever alms that the impoverished moți population could spare for him, singing sad Romanian doina songs on his flute. Avram Iancu died on September 10, 1872, at Baia de Criș. His body was buried, according to his wish, under Horea's tree in Țebea (by tradition, the place where the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan had started). Avram Iancu was officially declared a Hero of the Romanian Nation in November 2016 by the Parliament of Romania and President Klaus Iohannis. References External links Footnotes to Vol. 9 of the Marx-Engels Collected Works at Marxists.org Romanian revolutionaries 19th-century Romanian lawyers Romanian people in the Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867) People from Alba County People of the Revolutions of 1848 Ethnic Romanian politicians in Transylvania Târgu Mureș 1824 births 1872 deaths