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Colombia - Education Institutes Flags - Part 2

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Colegio de La Salle


image by Carlos Thompson, 17 March 2003

Colegio de La Salle, Bogotá, Colombia (La Salle School, Bogota) - This is my school, so I know how the flag looked like, and I checked with a black and white picture.  A yellow field with a blue band bellow, in the middle there is the Star of the school (every La Salle institution has its own star), with the words COLEGIO DE LA SALLE above the star and BOGOTA bellow.
Carlos Thompson, 17 March 2003


Colegio de María Auxiliadora


image by Ivan Sache, 8 January 2004

The College is located in Baranquilla. Its flag is (apparently) square, horizontally divided light blue - light pink.
Source: <www.voluntad.com.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 8 January 2004


Colegio Departamental Julio César Sánchez García


image by Jairo Alonso Méndez Méndez, 15 March 2005

Here is the flag of the Colegio Departamental Julio César Sánchez García, in Anapoima (Cundinamarca). The flag was officialized after a concourse, in 1998, and have a version with the 1998 Coat of Arms and 2001 Coat of Arms.
Jairo Alonso Méndez Méndez, 15 March 2005


Colegio de Santa Librada


image by Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001

Colegio de Santa Librada - 1:2 (apparently), quarterly divided green-white-white-green The flag is shown on <www.santalibrada.edu.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001


Colegio Diocesano Gimnasio Central del Valle


image by Ivan Sache, 4 January 2004

This College was founded in 1958 in Buga. Its flag is horizontally divided yellow-white-green.
Source: <www.gcv.edu.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 4 January 2004


Colegio General José María Obando


image by Ivan Sache, 9 January 2004

The College was founded in 1997 in Ipiales, Narino department. Its flag is horizontally divided yellow-blue with a white triangle placed along the hoist.
Source: <www.voluntad.com.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 9 January 2004


Colegio Inglés de los Andes


image by Ivan Sache, 8 January 2004

The flag of the College is horizontally divided light blue-white-light blue.
Source: <www.voluntad.com.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 8 January 2004


Colegio Federico Ozanam


image by Ivan Sache, 14 August 2002

The College was founded in 1946 as Escuela (School) Federico Ozanam. I have not been able to find out where it is located, however. Frédéric Ozanam (Milano, 1813 - Marseilles, 1853) was a French historian and writer. In 1833, he founded the St. Vincent-de-Paul Society. He rejoined the French Republic in 1848 and founded with Lacordaire the Christian-Democrat newspaper L'Ere Nouvelle (The New Era, 1848-1849).
The flag of the College is described but not shown as horizontally divided yellow-blue (amarillo-azul). Therefore I have used default 2:3 proportion in my image.
Source: <www.educame.gov.co>.
Ivan Sache, 14 August 2002


Colegio Franciscano del Virrey Solis


image by Ivan Sache, 7 November 2004

The Instituto Virrey Solis was founded in Bucaramanga on 3 February 1941 by members of the Franciscan Community. Its goal was to provide poor children with a religious, moral and material education. The first director of the Instituto was Friar Emilio Bautista Lozano (1941-1944). The flag of the Colegio is horizontally divided yellow-red with the coat of arms of the Colegio in the middle. Yellow and green are the colours of the municipal flag of Bucaramanga. Yellow stands for the treasures of knowledge, science, feelings and values. Green stands for the hope that the youth educated in the Colegio will build a new society mainly based on justice and peace; green also staznds for the love of nature, the legacy of the patron saints of the ecologists, St. Francis of Assise. The crown above the shield stands for the man who gave his name to the Collegio, the Virrey Solis (the Sun Vice-Roy?), and symbolizes leadership. The collar surrounding the shied has three knots symbolizing the three vows of obedience, poverty and chastity done by the members of the community that rules the Colegio. Over a background with the colours of our flag (yellow and green), the cross symbolizes the Christian denomiunation of the Colegio. An arm holding a torch appears from the bottom of the shield, expression learning, knowledge and enlightment. The scroll below the shield bears the Colegio's motto Virtud y Ciencia (Virtue and Science), which are the basis of the education in the Colegio. The anthem of the Colegio has its third stanza dedicated to the flag of the Collegio:   "Como un campo de esmeralda que la aurora en luz baño, verde y oro, sacro emblema nuestra ruta ilumino. verde y oro! flota altivo Nuestro fúlgido pendón: Esperanza y luz del cielo que ilumina el corazón!"  (Like a field of emeralds Bathed in the light of dawn, Green and gold, sacred emblem illuminate our way Green and gold! May our ? banner flay: Hope and light of the sky Which illuminate the heart!).
Ivan Sache, 7 November 2004


Colegio Franciscano Fray Rafael de La Serna


image by Ivan Sache, 10 July 2001

The flag of the Franciscan College Fray Rafael de la Serna is horizontally divided yellow-green. From the flying flag shown on <www.frayrafael.edu.co>, located by Dov Gutterman, the default proportion of the flag seems to be 1:2.
The college was founded in 1941 in Medellin, Antioquia and its first name was Instituto Cristobal Colon. By ministerial order #1610 from 6 June 1953, the college was renamed as a tribute to the Franciscan friar who founded the University of Antioquia. Yellow symbolizes the wealth of [mente], spîrit and department of Antioquia. Green symbolizes the hope in the youth and the exuberant vegetation of Antioquia. It is said that the dimensions of the flag are precise, but not what they are indeed.
Ivan Sache, 10 July 2001


Colegio Lacordaire


image by Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001

Colegio Lacordaire (Cali) - 2:3 flag, horizontally divided black-white-yellow. <www.lacordaire.edu.co>, located by Dov Gutterman, gives a detailed explanation of the colour symbolics (in Spanish): Black and white are colours specific to the Dominican Order. Yellow is specific to the Collegio Lacordaire. Black is the colour of penitence and mortification, necessary to reach triumph and perfection, black absorbs light as well as prayer, study and communitiy life absorb truth. White is the colour of purity, joy, truth etc. and constitutes the invisible armour that shall protect the young students from error and evil. Yellow is the colour of light and spiritual wealth etc.
More information from 'Petit Larousse Illustre': The Dominican Order (also called Order of Preaching Friars) was founded in 1215 by St. Dominic, a Castilan monk (c.1170-1221, canonized in 1234) and confirmed by Pope Honorius III in 1216. The Order was founded to fight the Cathar heresy, and its rule was a community democratic life totally devoted to predication of God's World. Henri Lacordaire (1802-1861) was a French priest who took the Dominican cloth in 1827 and restored the Order in France in 1830. He was elected deputy in Marseilles in 1848 and founded the Christian-Democrat review 'L'Ere Nouvelle' ('The New Era'), Because of the political troubles of May-June 1848, he abandoned politics and journalism and devoted the rest of his life to the restoration of the Dominican Order, establishing several schools and colleges.
Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001


Colegio La Merced


image by Ivan Sache, 4 January 2004

This College was founded in 1915. Its flag is horizontally divided white-red.
Source: <www.voluntad.com.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 4 January 2004


Colegio La Trinidad


image by Ivan Sache, 27 February 2006

Colegio La Trinidad (Institución Educativa Rural La Trinidad) is located in the village of  La Trinidad, Municipality of Manizales, Department of Caldas. The flag of the Colegio is horizontally divided yellow-white. Yellow represents work, effort and commitment, whereas white represents purity. Yellow (border) and white (field) are also the colours of the shield of the Colegio.
Source: <www.comunidad.com.co>, located by Valentin Poposki.
Ivan Sache, 27 February 2006


Colegio María Goretti


image by Ivan Sache, 9 January 2004

The College is located in Pasto, Narino department. Its flag is horizontally divided blue-white-red (2:1:1).
Source: <www.voluntad.com.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 9 January 2004


Colegio Militar Jose Maria Cordoba


image by Ivan Sache, 4 January 2004

The Army College Jose Maria Cordoba is located in Medellin. Its flag is horizontally divided red-green with the shield of the College in the middle. The shield of the College is silver, with an escutcheon made of a vertical national flag, charged with a rifle and a sword crossed in saltire. There is a brown scroll on the upper part of the shield and another one below the escutcheon. MEDELLIN is written in brown letters below hte latter scroll. The image is incomplete. The upper scroll should bear COLEGIO MILITAR and the lower scroll JOSE MARIA CORDOBA, with dark brown letters
Source: <www.colmiljosemariacordoba.edu.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 4 January 2004


Colegio Nacional Deogracias Cardona


image by Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001

Colegio Nacional Deogracias Cardona - 2:3 flag with five horizontal stripes green-white-greeen-white-green. Flag shown on <www.deogracias.edu.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001


Colegio Niño Jesús de Praga


image by Ivan Sache, 10 January 2004

The College is located on Giron, Santander department. Its flag is horizontally divided white-light blue (azul).
Source: <www.voluntad.com.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 10 January 2004


Colegio San Pablo


image by Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001

Colegio San Pablo (Guadalajara de Buga) - 2:3 flag, horizontally divided white-blue-red. Flag shown on < <www.pablus.net>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001


Colegio Santa Catalina Laboure


image by Dov Gutterman, 21 July 2002

Image based on <www.acodesi.org.co>
Dov Gutterman, 21 July 2002


Colegio Santa Luisa


image by Ivan Sache, 4 January 2004

This College was founded by the Jesuits in 1968. It is named after St. Louise de Marillac (1591-1660), who founded in Paris the order of the Daughters of Charity with St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660). The flag of the College is diagonally divided white-blue with the emblem of the College in canton. The emblem includes a yellow star, an open book, a handshake and a torch, and is surrounded by a blue ring bearing in white the name of the College and its year of foundation.
Source: <www.acodesi.org.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 4 January 2004


Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús - Bethlemitas


image by Ivan Sache, 9 January 2004

The flag of the College is white with two red triangles in the upper left and lower right corners. Red represents the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Source: <www.voluntad.com.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 9 January 2004


Corporación Universidad Piloto de Colombia


image by Jairo Alonso Méndez Méndez, 7 October 2005

Corporación Universidad Piloto de Colombia - my university (Bogotá, Distrito Capital and Girardot, Cundinamarca).
Jairo Alonso Méndez Méndez, 14 November 2004

I didn't have found any sources that confirms the flag and the image is only a product of visual research in my university.
Jairo Alonso Méndez Méndez, 7 October 2005


Part 3