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Colegio Psicopedagógico La Sabiduría was established in 1991 in El Mortiño
(Bogotá) by Margoth Alied Mora Arévalo and her husband Raúl Ruiz González.
The flag of the institute is vertically divided red-white-blue-white-red
(1:1:4:1:1) with a white star in the middle.
Photos:
http://colegiolasabiduria.edu.co/uploads/7/2/1/1/7211433/__8280324_orig.jpg
http://colegiolasabiduria.edu.co/uploads/7/2/1/1/7211433/__1769726_orig.jpg
Ivan Sache, 27 June 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 20 October 2014
Colegio de La Sagrada Familia was established in 1953 in Baranquilla
(Atlántico Department) by the Tertiary Capuchins, a congregation founded in 1889
by Luis Amigó Ferrer and active in Colombia since 1905.
The flag of the institute is described in Chapter 1.2.2 of the institute's
Etiquette Guidebook, as divided green-white according to the ascending diagonal,
with the institute's emblem in the middle. Green is a symbol of the ecological
orientation of the Franciscan ideal, which encourages to love the natural
environment and to take care of it, and exalts hope as one of the theological
virtues. White is a symbol of virtue, purity, transparency, and of the Christian
values.
The emblem of the institute is described in Chapter 1.2.1 of the institute's
Etiquette Guidebook. The emblem was designed in 1970, when a group of students
and teachers decided to adopt an emblem featuring the red and yellow colours and
the Bible as a symbol of spirituality.
Source:
http://www.colsagradafamilia.com/directivos/Manual_de_Convivencia.pdf -
Institute' website
Ivan Sache, 20 October 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 02 July 2014
Institución Educativa Tecnica La Sagrada Familia is located in Ibagué (Tolima
Department).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided yellow-green.
Source:
http://www.ietsagradafamilia.edu.co/portal/?cat=6 - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 02 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 17 July 2014
Colegio La Salle was established in Cúcuta (Norte del Santander Department)
by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian School (Lasallians). Liceo del
Santísimo Niņo Jesús was founded on 15 May 1931 by Friar Idinael Enrique,
director of Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, as a private branch of that
institute. The new institute soon superseded Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús by
its number of students. The Provincial Lasallian chapter decided in 1940 to
withdraw from Cúcuta following a dispute with the municipal administration;
after protest by the population of the town and by the teachers, Father Alfonso
Juan was allowed to establish a new, smaller Lasallian institute on the Villa de
Fidelia estate, purchased on 12 December 1941. The building of the new institute
would be delayed until 11 June 1951; the institute was eventually blessed on 26
January 1954.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided
yellow-blue.
http://www.lasallecucuta.org/imagencorporativa/corporative-la-salle.html -
Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 17 July 2014
Chapter 7.2 of the institute's Etiquette Guidebook says that the flag was
designed in 1954 by the first director of the institute, Friar Venidlo (Antonio
Bedoya). The flag features the sun dissolved in its folds and the blue of the
heavens flourishing like childhood and youth.
Source:
http://lasallecucuta.org/manual.pdf - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 19 October 2014
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
image by Ivan Sache, 24 September 2014
Liceo Infantil La Salle is located in Ibagué (Tolima Department).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-red.
Source:
http://liceoinfantillasalleibague.blogspot.fr/2013/04/bandera-liceo-infantil-la-salle.html
- Institute's blog
Photos:
http://liceoinfantillasalleibague.blogspot.fr/2014/03/elecciones-personero-y-comisario-de-paz.html
http://liceoinfantillasalleibague.blogspot.fr/2013/08/celebrando-la-batalla-de-boyaca.html
Ivan Sache, 24 September 2014
image by Carlos Thompson, 17 March 2003
Universidad de La Salle, Bogota,
Colombia (University of La Salle) - According to <www.lasalle.edu.co>,
the picture show a blue-white-blue, equally divided vertically
flag, but in the text they say that the white is wider and the
coat of arms is in the middle enclosed by a golden circle.
Carlos Thompson, 17 March 2003
The flag is one of the most representative symbols of the
university, used in main ceremonies, the Day of St. Jean-Baptiste
de La Salle (15 May), graduation ceremonies, special ceremonies.
The graduates of the university shall take the oath on the flag.
The flag shall be half-staffed after the death of students,
professors or administrators of the university, and may cover
their coffin.
Blue represents the sky that covers us, water that feeds us and
freedom, the source of democracy.
White represents the light that enlightens and guides us, ethics,
honesty, dignity and purity in the intentions.
The shield placed in the middle of the flag represents the
"Signum Fidei" (Sing of Faith) of the Institute of the
Brothers of the Christian School (aka De La Salle Brothers).
The shield of the university reflects its origin, philosophy and
project for the future. The shield is of modern shape,
symbolizing the institute as a modern community.
The honour (central) piece of the shield, a pile or issuing from
the base, symbolizes rectitude and honesty that should guide all
the acts of the university, as well as the exemplary
honourability of its governors and the commitment to help the
poor and defend the principle of authority. It is charged with a
cross gules, shaped like the cross used by the knight crusaders,
as a symbol of Christian and Catholic faith and of a new crusade
for culture, science and technology led by the university.
The dexter (left) piece, azure, symbolizes serenity and balance.
It is charged with the Lasallian star argent with projections or,
which is the universal symbol of the Lasallian movement.
The sinister (right) piece, gules, symbolizes intrepidity,
heroism and sacrifice. It is charged with three broken chevrons
or taken from the arms of the De La Salle family.
The scroll placed above the shield bears in capital letters
sable, as a symbol of science and knowledge, the name of the
university, the motto of the De La Salle Brothers ("Signum
Fidei", in Latin, "Sign of Faith") and the motto
of the De La Salle family ("Indivisa Manent", in Latin,
"Let us all be united").
The Lasallian star recalls the legend saying that a star fell
from the sky to mark the place where an abbey dedicated to the
Blessed Virgin (here, Our Lady of the Star) should be built. It
also symbolizes the Lasallian teachings guiding the youth.
Another Lasallian
website recalls the history and heraldry of the De La Salle
family as follows:
"The house of De La Salle was first established in Urgel, an
area of Catalonia, Spain, where the form of the family name was
"Salla." The head of the family, Johan Salla, Warrior
in Chief of Atphonus the Chaste, King of Oviedo, expelled the
Moors from Urgel and reestablished the Episcopal See in 818. The
broken legs he sustained during combat as he fought side by side
with his king are the origin of the broken chevrons on the De La
Salle's coat of arms.
In the 13th century, the family migrated to the Basque County in
the south of France, and though their name became French, they
retained "Salla!" as their battle cry. The ancient
motto of the family is "Que sien toustem ligato
amasse," which in Gascon language means "Let us all be
united!" or "Let us all stick together!" The Reims
branch of the family translated this motto into the Latin
"Indivisa Manent," which is the present wording of the
motto on the coat of arms."
Ivan Sache, 27 December 2008
Blue symbolizes the spiritual values while yellow symbolizes the material
values. The colors were selected for their harmonic contrast. The whole design
is based on the "law of harmonic distribution".
The five dissimilar points of the star represent the institutes' philosophy and
objectives.
Source: -
Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 04 July 2011
image by Ivan Sache, 09 November 2014
Institución Educativa Las Américas was established in Las Américas borough,
part of the municipality of Buenaventura (Valle Department) by Decree No. 1,818
of 4 September 2002, as the merger of Centro Docente Las Américas and Centro
Docente Carlos Holmes Trujillo.
The symbols of the institute are described in the institute's Strategic Plan of
Management. The flag is white with the institute's emblem in the middle. White
is a symbol of peace, love, and tranquillity.
The emblem of the institute is made of a disk horizontally divided into two
parts. The upper part is a symbol of knowledge, aspiration, triumph, and
rebirth, represented by a book, the sun, and a torch. The lower part features
the map of the Americas, surrounded by the "two seas" of Colombia [Pacific and
Atlantic Oceans], as a symbol of fraternity, unity, and projection. It is
inscribed with the motto "AMOR Y CIENCIA" (Love and Science).
Source:
ftp://ftp.unicauca.edu.co/cuentas/cpe/docs/Valle/Ponentes/Buenaventura/Sede%20las%20am%E9ricas%20la%20dignidad%20y%20carlos%20holmes%20trujillo/Plan_Estrategico_Gestion.pdf
Ivan Sache, 09 November 2014
"Corporación Universitaria Lasallista", located in
Caldas, was approved by the Ministry of National Education on 22
June 1983 (Decree No. 9887).
Classes started on 6 February 1984 in Medellín.
The flag of the
university, as shown graphically on the university
website, is dark blue with the yellow logo of the university
in the middle.
The logo shows the star of faith derived from the coat of arms of
the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian School, above the
letters "UL", standing for "Universitaria"
and "Lasallista", respectively.
Ivan Sache, 17 December 2008
image by Ivan Sache, 07 July 2011
"Institución Educativa Las Marías" is located in Olaya Herrera (Nariño
Department); the institute is part of a ethno-educational project aimed at the
preservation of the cultural and traditional practices of the local
Afro-Colombian communities.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the institute's
website, is horizontally divided green-white-coffee brown. Green represents the
resources of the woods, white represents peace and coffee brown represents the
soil producing our daily resources.
Source:
http://lasmarias.edu.co/web/?page_id=32
Ivan Sache, 07 July 2011
image by Eugene Ipavec, 18 February 2007
The Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana (Latin American
Autonomous University) is located in Medellín,
The university flag can be seen at <www.unaula.edu.co>.
Description of the Flag: "Conceived by attorney Ramón
Emilio Arcila Hurtado; approved simoultaneously with arms.
Consists of two stripes of equal size: the first, (top) red one
symbollizes the University's fight and sacrifice to rejects
tradition and embrace progress. The second, (lower) mustard one
represents a lively and glowing university, with a diversity of
ideologies and creeds"
Ron Lahav and Eugene Ipavec, 18 February 2007
image by Ivan Sache, 28 July 2014
Liceo Latinoamericano del Sur was established in 1989 in La Cabaņa borough,
part of the municipality of Bosa (Bogotá), by Sisters Martha Ines and Stella
Girón Avendaņo. Classes started in February 1990.
The flag of the institute is prescribed in Chapter 2.1 of the institute's
Etiquette Guidebook, as horizontally divided yellow-blue with the institute's
emblem in the middle. Yellow is a symbol of energy, prosperity, and
abundance. Blue is a symbol of sincerity and responsibility
Source:
http://www.liceolatinoamericano.co/el-liceo/manual-de-convivencia/ -
Institute's Etiquette Guidebook
The flag used in official street parades does not bear the coat of arms.
Photos:
http://www.liceolatinoamericano.co/wp-content/gallery/20-julio-2012/sam_1001.jpg
http://www.liceolatinoamericano.co/wp-content/gallery/carrera2011/s6300228.jpg
http://www.liceolatinoamericano.co/wp-content/gallery/20julio2011/dsc00144.jpg
Ivan Sache, 28 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 28 January 2009
"Colegio La Toscana" is located in the borough of La
Toscana, ward of Suba, in the north-westernmost part of Bogotá.
Classes started on 19 April 1996.
The flag of the institute, as described on the website of the
institute, is horizontally divided white-dark red (lit.
"red wine"). The flag was adopted after a students'
competition.
Ivan Sache, 28 January 2009
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
image by Ivan Sache, 11 September 2014
Colegio León XIII was established in El Peñol by Municipal Agreement No. 17,
adopted in May 1912. Unidad Educativa León XIII was established by Departmental
Decree No. 334 of 10 March 1983, as the merger of Liceo León XIII, Escuela
Urbana José Obed Hincapié, and Escuela Urbana Ramón María Giraldo. The institute
is named for Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903).
The flag of the institute is a parallelogram of 1.60 m in length and 1.10 m in
height. It has a green background and is crossed from the upper left to the
lower right part by three stripes, each of 5 cm in
width; the central stripe is red while the two outer stripes are yellow.
Green represents emerald, hope, abundance, and liberty. Red represents ruby and
fire, valor, audacity, an intrepidness. Yellow represents topaz, the sun,
wealth, force, faith, and constancy.
Source:
http://leonxiii.jimdo.com/institucional/horizonte-institucional/bandera/ -
Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 11 September 2014
Colegio León XIII was established in El Peñol (Antioquia Department) in May
1912, upon request of Antonio José Díaz, parish priest since 1909. The institute
was renamed Liceo Departamental León XIII by Ordinance No. 18 of 28 December
1967, placing it under departmental administration although it remained property
of the municipality. Unidad Educativa León XIII was established by Decree No.
334 of 10 March 1983 as the merger of Liceo León XIII, Escuela José Obed
Hincapié and Escuela Ramón María Giraldo. The institute is named for Pope Leo
XIII (1810-1903, elected in 1878).
The flag of the institute is described in Chapter 3.2 of the institute's
Etiquette Guidebook. The flag, of dimensions 1.10 m x 1. 60 m, is green with
three yellow, red and yellow stripes, each of 5 cm in width, running from the
upper left to the lower right corner. Green is a symbol of emerald, hope,
abundance and liberty. Yellow is a symbol of topaz, sun, wealth, force, faith
and constancy. Red is a symbol of ruby, fire, value, audacity and intrepidness.
Source:
http://ie-leonxiii.edu.co/images/leonxiii/informacion-institucional/MANUAL-DE-CONVIVENCIA-LEONXIII.pdf
- Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 21 November 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 03 October 2014
Institución Educativa Instituto La Unión (ILAU) was established in La Unión
(Sucre Department) by Resolutions No. 685 of 8 November 2002 and No. 2,599 of 8
November 2003, as the merger of Instituto La Unión (est. by Departmental
Ordinance No. 72 of 26 November 1972), Escuela Santander, and Escuela Santo
Domingo.
The flag of ILAU is horizontally divided yellow-green.
Source:
http://www.ilau.edu.co/simbolos.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 03 October 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 22 October 2014
Colegio Diocesano Laura Montoya is located in Chigorodó (Department of
Antioquia). The institute is named for St. Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena
(Laura de Jesús Montoya y Upegui, 1874-1949; the first Colombian-born
saint, canonized on 12 May 2013 by Pope Francis), a nun who struggled against
racial discrimination and founded in 1914 the Congregation of Missionary Sisters
of Immaculate Mary and of Saint Catherine of Siena. The nuns affiliated to the
congregation are locally known as "Lauritas".
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided green-white-green.
Source:
http://www.diocesanolauramontoya.com/index.php/quienes/simbolos -
Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 22 October 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 16 November 2014
Institución Educativa Leningrado is located in Pereira (Risaralda
Department).
The flag of the institute is in dimensions 0.90 m x 1.50 m [3:5], horizontally
divided white-blue-green with the institute's emblem in the middle. White is a
symbol of innocence, peace, childhood, divinity, stability, spirituality, purity
and tenderness. It expresses the limpidity of the student's mind, the clarity of
their open mind, always prepared to receive and use knowledge. It conveys
simplicity. Blue is a symbol of confidence, reserve, harmony, affect,
friendship, loyalty and love. It expresses the deepness of intelligence;
knowledge and conscience that can be increased and transmitted from generation
to generation by giving the best of oneself as a thinking person. It is the
colour of the firmament and of the sea, symbolizing school work, merit,
spiritual and material force, as well as the infinite space where the human
being shall live (the world of knowledge, science and technology). Green is a
symbol of youth, desire, leisure, balance, freshness, vegetation and health. It
represents the hope and faith of the educationalists, who aim at educating
honest human beings. It symbolizes life and the natural environment, being the
result of the harmonic interaction human being - vegetal environment - energy -
life.
The emblem represents the unity of actions and principles in the search for
ideals (Knowledge, Science and Virtue). The emblem is surmonted by a flame,
which symbolizes the vivid feeling of love for the institute, which builds up
ideals of mutual aid. It is a symbol of knowledge and light. The flame-shaped
fire is energy, empowerment, force and dedication. The red and yellow colours of
the flame are those of the town of Pereira.
Source:
http://leningrado.edu.co/mision-vision-y-simbolos-institucionales/ -
Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 08 August 2014
Gimnasio Cultural Libertad was established on 7 January 1969 by the Bogotá
branch of the Bavaria workers' union and acquired on 15 September 1979 by Pablo
Alejandro Casallas Jerez.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided orange-white-black.
Source:
http://gcl.edu.co/?page_id=44 - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 08 August 2014
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 16 August 2014
Institución Educativa Municipal Libertad was established on 10 December 1958
in Pasto (Nariņo Department), as Instituto Nocturno Libertad, by the Committee
of the Economical Middle Class of Colombia, presided by Antonio José Cerón Mora.
Instituto Femenino Libertad was established on 2 October 1967. Municipal Decree
No. 351 of 28 August 2003 merged the two institutes with the Santa María
Eufrasia, Rodrigo Carvajal and Julián Buchelito schools to form Institución
Educativa Municipal Libertad.
The flag of the institute, designed by Dina
Narváez E., is white with two adjacent equilateral triangles, a blue triangle
pointing to the hoist and a yellow triangle pointing to the hoist. White is a
symbol of transparency, clarity, harmony, tolerance and peace. The triangles are
symbols of firmness and stability. Blue is a symbol of heavens and of
strong-mindedness. Yellow is a symbol of spiritual and intellectual wealth.
http://11-2jmlibertad.blogspot.fr/2012/03/institucion-educativa-municipal.html
- Institute's blog
Ivan Sache, 6 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 31 January 2009
"Institución Educativa 'Libertador Simón
Bolívar'" was founded on 30 September 2002 in the borough
of Bolívar, Municipality of Tunja, Department of Boyacá (Decree
No. 2419), through the merging of "Colegio de Educación
Básica Simón Bolívar", "Colegio de Educación
Básica Los Libertadores" and "Concentración Escolar
del Sur".
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on
the website of
the institute, is horizontally blue-white-green.
Blue symbolizes the heavens and the horizon shared by all.
White symbolizes purity and transparency.
Green symbolizes hope, the fields and the local landscape.
Ivan Sache, 31 January 2009
after photos on the main
website, with "Bogota" on the
emblem
image by Ivan Sache, 28 December 2008
after the Cali
website, without "Bogota" on the
emblem
image by Ivan Sache, 28 December 2008
Image at <www.ulibrepei.edu.co>.
Dov Gutterman, 21 July 2002
According to the picture at <www.ulibrepei.edu.co>,
the seal seems smaller and towards the hoist. The description
says however that the seal is in the center.
Carlos Thompson, 17 March 2003
"Universidad Libre" succeeded on 13 April 1912
"Universidad Republicana", founded in Bogotá at the
end of the 19th century by Liberal and Masonic intellectuals.
Lacking funds, the university could not start classes until 13
February 1923, with the help of General Benjamin Herrera,
unsuccesfull candidate at the presidential election in 1921.
The university has its main seat in Bogotá and regional seats in
Baranquilla, Cali, Cartagena, Cúcuta, Pereira and Socorro.
The flag of the university, as shown on different websites of the
university, is red with the university emblem in the middle. Red
represents the academic dignity, action and permanent revolution
for freedom.
The emblem of the university is made of a red disk charged with
the shield of the university, black with a white open book
surmonting a red Phrygian cap, and a white scroll bearing the
motto of the university, "Sciencia Fons Libertatis", in
Latin, "Science source of freedom", in black letters.
The disk is surrounded by a black ring outlined in gold an
charged with the name of the university in white capital letters.
Symbols' page on the university main website is at <www.unilibre.edu.co>.
Symbols' page on the Cali seat website is at <www.unilibrecali.edu.co>.
Symbols' page on the Cúcuta website is at <www.unilibrecucuta.edu.co>.
Symbols' page on the Pereira website is at <www.unilibrepereira.edu.co>.
The best view on the flag has to be found on the Cali website.
There are a number of variations in the representation of the
emblem in these images.
Ivan Sache, 28 December 2008
image by Ivan Sache, 27 November 2014
Liceo Técnico Comercial (LITECOM) was established in October 1973 in
Jamundí (Valle Department) by Guillermo Coll Salazar, Bárbara Kaina
Guerrero, Mariano Ramírez, Arnulfo Escobar, Esther Lida Rodríguez,
Humberto Vidal and Miguel Antonio Sánchez.
The flag of LITECOM is horizontally divided yellow-white-green.
Yellow is a symbol of the region's resources; this is also the proper
colour of interbreeding and of the immense cultural resources of
melting-pot.
White is a neutral colour, also the symbol of peace, meaning
tolerance, rest, openness to dialogue, and openness to shake a
friendly, sincere and cordial hand. It reflects equal participation of
all.
Green is the colour of hope; it also represents the intense greenness
of the cordilleras and mountains. Green is the colour of the coffee
plantations, of the pastures and of the horse ranches. It is the
colour of biodiversity and of a healthy and healing environment.
Source:
https://sites.google.com/site/colegiolitecom/simbolos-de-la-
institucion - LITECOM website
Ivan Sache, 27 November 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 26 November 2014
Institución Educativa Comercial Litoral Pacifico was established in
Bocas de Satinga (Municipality of Olaya Herrera, Nariño Department) by
Resolution No. 2,541 of 30 September 2002.
The flag of the institute is in dimensions 1 m x 2 m, horizontally
divided white-blue.
White symbolizes peace, while blue symbolizes the sea.
Source: http://www.angelfire.com/al4/cololaya.edu.co/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 26 November 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 14 November 2010
Colegio Llanadas is located in Lebrija (Department of Santander).
The flag of Colegio Lanadas, as shown graphically on the institute's website, is
vertically divided green-white, with three vertical stripes in the middle, red,
white and red, respectively. Nine white stars are placed on the descending
diagonal of the green field. A bigger, green star inscribed in a green ring is
placed in the middle of the white field. Green symbolizes the natural resources,
white symbolizes peace and
harmony, red symbolizes the blood shed during the Palonegro War*. The big green
star symbolizes the main seat of the institute, while the nine white stars
symbolize its nine rural seats.
Source:
http://cllanadas-puyana.blogspot.com/2008/09/simbolos-del-colegio.html
*The Battle of Palonegro opposed from 11 to 26 May 1900 Liberal and Conservative
troops, during the Thousand Days War (1899-1902).
Ivan Sache, 14 November 2010