Editing Avram Iancu (section)

== Later years ==

Iancu agreed to disarm as soon as the Austrians took over, and in 1850 he wrote a detailed report to the new [[Governor of Transylvania]], General [[Ludwig von Wohlgemuth]]. In order to avoid suspicion of Romanian separatism, the document does not mention the contacts with the Wallachians. As the Austrians granted the abolition of serfdom, they also forbade all representative institutions in Transylvania. While Hungarian nationalism was slowly fitting in the pattern that would make the ''[[Ausgleich]]'' acceptable for both sides involved, the Romanian option caused increasing irritation. The revolutionary zeal it had found under Iancu, although profiting the monarchy, could also prove to be a weapon used for very different goals (the Austrians were especially fearful that the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] faith of the Romanians would accommodate itself with [[Pan-Slavism]], completing the gap between [[Serbia]] and the Russian Empire).

It is very possible that Iancu was not able to properly observe the new status quo. While the decision for his initial arrest (in December 1849) was quickly overturned after local protests (and explained as an abuse), he was censored throughout his life, had his library confiscated, and was placed under surveillance. He was arrested a second time, in 1852, after it was presumed that his presence alone served to inflame local sentiments. Local traditions <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.curentul.net/2015/03/15/apel-la-memoria-romanismului-replici-celebre-ale-lui-avram-iancu/|title = Apel la memoria românismului: Replici celebre ale lui Avram Iancu|publisher= Curentul Internațional|date = 15 March 2015}}</ref> hold that the emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Franz Joseph]] was visiting Transylvania and on July 21, 1852, he was in the [[Apuseni Mountains]] area, purportedly to attend [[The Maidens' Fair]] on [[Găina Mountain]] but also hoping that Iancu would agree to meet him. Allegedly, Iancu refused, uttering his famous line "It's all for naught, a madman and a liar can't by any means come to understand each other". Soon after his release, Iancu visited [[Vienna]] and attempted to petition the Emperor. He was prevented to do so by the police, a public humiliation which provoked a [[nervous breakdown]] that had an impact on the rest of his life. He was marginalized by the authorities who did not allow [[Romanians]] to have their own say in [[Transylvania]] about their [[autonomy]]. Being treated as peripheral by the people in power, he spent the rest of his life traveling the Apuseni Mountains, as a half-mad vagrant, living out of whatever alms that the impoverished [[Țara Moților|moți]] population could spare for him, singing sad Romanian [[doina]] songs on his flute.
[[File:AvramIancuOld.jpg|thumb|Iancu in his later years, after his nervous breakdown]]

Iancu died on September 10, 1872, at [[Baia de Criș]]. His body was buried, according to his wish, under [[Horea]]'s tree in [[Baia de Criș|Țebea]] (by tradition, the place where the [[Revolt of Horea, Cloșca, and Crișan]] had started).<ref name="ReferenceA" />

[[File:RO HD Tebea 2011.4.jpg|thumb|Iancu's tomb in [[Baia de Criș|Țebea]]]]

Avram Iancu was officially declared a ''Hero of the Romanian Nation'' in November 2016 by the [[Parliament of Romania]] and President [[Klaus Iohannis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://revista22.ro/70258119/iohannis-a-promulgat-legea-prin-care-avram-iancu-este-proclamat-erou-al-naiunii-romne.html|title=Iohannis a promulgat legea prin care Avram Iancu este proclamat "Erou al Națiunii Române"|newspaper=[[Revista 22]]|language=ro|date=November 17, 2016|access-date=September 19, 2021}}</ref>  The [[Cluj International Airport|international airport]] serving the city of [[Cluj-Napoca]] has been named in his honor.