Wirer Monument Inscription

Although this monument does not have any Latin inscription, you can find Latin numerals on it. If you want, you can also add them up.

Below the head of the Viennese physician Dr. Franz Wirer - without whom Bad Ischl would not be such a well-known health resort today - there are a few figures that date back to ancient times: Caritas, who is depicted as a fountain nymph with child and stork, and Hygieia with the snake, who was the daughter of the god of healing, Asclepius. The Aesculapian snake, which is not poisonous by the way, is quite known from every pharmacy symbol. Therefore, this monument, despite having no direct inscription, is an indispensable part of a “Latin walk” through Bad Ischl.

A bit of fun trivia: Dr. Wirer financed his monument himself.