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Valle, Colegio Diocesano Gimnasio Central del


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


Valle, Universidad del


image by Ivan Sache, 30 December 2008

Translation from Universidad del Valle (Cali, Valle del Cauca) website <www.univalle.edu.co>:
"The Valle University adopts a flag design possing as a basic feature a great symbolic force, giving red as a representative color. The flag design shows three equalsized vertical bars, in order: red, white, red; representing the three basic activities of the University: Teaching, Research and Extension.  In the central white bar the Logo is placed in red. The flag must be used in every important events for the University as one of its representative symbols".
Carlos Thompson, 27 May 2003

The logo of the university, shown on the flag, is presented on the university website as follows. "The logo is inscribed in a perfect square with an inner structure made of nine square modules forming the symbolic element "UV", which appears inverted in relation with the square and colour scheme in which it is inscribed.
The logo is complemented in its lower part by the name of the institution, in Helvetica Bold font, placed above a thin red horizontal stripe aimed at forming a stable, vertical rectangle."
Ivan Sache, 30 December 2008


Villa Guadalupe, Colegio Eucarístico de Bogotá


image by Ivan Sache, 7 January 2009

"Colegio Eucarístico de Bogotá 'Villa Guadalupe'" was founded on 20 January 1941 by nuns of the congregation of the Mercederian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrement led by Mother María de la Eucaristía Carmona. Founded on 20 March 1910 in Mexico City by María del Refugio Aguilar Torres, Guadalupe Hernández and María Olivares as "School of the Blessed Sacrament", the congregation was canonically approved on 12 November 1922 by the archbishop of Mexico City as "Sisters for the Blessed Sacrament Apostolate", and eventually approved on 22 July 1948 by Papal "decretum laudis", under its present name. The congregation has today 60 houses, 7 of them being located in Colombia.
Source: <www.orderofmercy.org>.
The flag of the institute, as shown and described on the website of the institute, "to be used with elegance and pride during the community events", is horizontally divided white-dark red ("vino tinto", lit., "red wine").
White represents purity, reflecting an ideal of virtue and integrity, to be reached through rectitude, honesty and loyalty.
Dark red represents a deep meaning of Eucharist (as the wine shared by Jesus with the disciples during the Last supper) : sacrifice and love to get liberation through solidarity.  
Ivan Sache, 7 January 2009


Villavicienco, Escuola Normal Superior de

"Escuola Normal Superior de Villavicienco" was created on 20 December 1955 by the National Intendance of Meta (Decree No. 321) as "Escuela Normal Rural de Meta Santa Teresita del Niño Jesus".
The flag of the institute, according to a photo shown on the presentation leaflet of the institute, is horizontally divided white- red with the emblem of the institute in the middle.
The emblem of the institute, a white disk with a grey outline and a thicker red border, shows two open hands surmonted by a torch "going through" an open book. The base of the torch is charged with three interlaced yellow, blue and red rings. The name of the institute is written in red capital letters in the upper part of the disk. The emblem shown on the flag shows minor difference with the emblem shown graphically on the leaflet.
Ivan Sache, 11 January 2009


Virrey Solis, Colegio Franciscano del


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 bano, 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