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image by Ivan Sache, 28 July 2014
Universidad de Nariño is the descendant of a college founded
in 1712 by the Jesuits in San Juan de Pasto, to teach Latin,
Spanish and Religious History; the college was closed in 1767
when King Charles III decreed the expelling of the Jesuits from
America. The college reemerged in 1791 as Real Colegio Seminario,
transformed in 1822 into a military camp, PAsto supporting at the
time the Royalists. In 1827, the President of the Republic,
General Francisco de Paula de Santander, decreed the founding of
the Colegio Provincial; this was considered as a gesture of
reconciliation between the town and the power. The college was
renamed Colegio San Augustin in 1832, as a tribute to the
Augustinian monks that funded it. Colegio San Augustin is
considered as the true forerunner of the today's university.
Renamed Colegio Académico in the 1850s, the college was made a
university by Presidential Decree No 726 of 11 September 1889,
confirmed in 1894 by Decree No. 30 of the Assembly of the
Department of Cauca. The university was transfered to the newly
created Department of Nariño in 1904.
Source: University
website - History.
The symbols of Universidad de Nariño were adopted on 17 October
1979 by Decree No 478 of the university's Board.
The flag of Universidad de Nariño is rectangular, with
proportions 22:27 and usual size of 1.10 x 1.35 m. Made of three
equal horizontal stripes, green, yellow and red, and charged in
the middle with the university's emblem, the flag shall be
hoisted on a pole of 2.50 m in height.
The emblem of Universidad de Nariño, designed by Pr. Dr. Ignacio
Rodríguez Guerrero, includes the coat of arms granted to the
town of San Juan de Pasto on 17 June 1559, described as: "A
shield charged in the middle with a castle argent flanked by four
lions or, below the castle a river wavy azure and white flowing
between green trees, the field of the shield azure, the trees and
the castle on a field yellow and a soil green and or..." The
shield is surrounded by a yellow ring charged with the black
writing:
- top: "TANTVM POSSVMVS QVANTVM SCIMVS" ("We do
what we know", indeed, "Our capacity for action depends
on how much we know", a quote of Francis Bacon [1561-1626])
- bottom: "NIVERSITAS STVDIORVM NARIÑENSES" (bottom).
On the image, the name of the university is written as
"UNIVERSIDAD DE NARIÑO"
Source: University
website - Symbols.
Ivan Sache, 5 February 2010
The flag, at least in unofficial use, is not charged with the
university's emblem as officially prescribed, and has standard
proportions 2:3, instead of the prescribed, odd proportions 22:25.
Photo:
http://www.mineducacion.gov.co/cvn/1665/w3-article-289377.html
Ivan Sache, 28 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 03 July 2014
Colegio Nazareth Olaya was established in 1963 in Baranquilla (Atlántico
Department) by the Presbyterian Church of Colombia.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-light blue with the
institute's coat of arms in the middle. White represents, transparency, purity,
and the Christian faith. Blue represents heavens and the spiritual resources.
Source:
http://www.colegionazaretholaya.8m.com/custom3.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 03 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 30 January 2009
"Institución Educativa 'Nazario Restrepo'" was
founded by Priest Luis Diez Mesa in the Municipality of Viterbo,
Department of Caldas, on 4 February 1955, as "Colegio
'Nazario Restrepo'". The institute is named after Nazario
Restrepo, the priest who founded the settlement of Viterbo on 19
April 1911 by celebrating there a mass.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on
the website
of the institute, is green with a white star in the middle.
The text says that the original idea for the flag has to be
credited to teacher Javier Patiño Hincapié, who designed a
green flag of unspecified dimensions, crossed by a red arrow and
the Latin motto "Sursun cum laetitia" (Quicker with
joy), and a white star above the arrow.
The upper left part of the emblem of the institute shows on a
green field a book surmonted by an arrow and a star, all white.
Green represents the hope placed by the community into the youth.
The white star represents the purity of the students' heart.
Note: The horizontally divided yellow-blue-yellow flag with a
white star in the middle, shown on the front page of the website
of the institute, is the municipal flag of Viterbo.
Ivan Sache, 30 January 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 18 January 2009
"Colegio 'Nicolás Esguerra'" was the first free
educational institute founded in Bogotá. In 1938, the Congress
issued Honour Law No. 35, whose Article 3 granted to the
institute the name of the the journalist, lawyer and diplomat
Nicolás Esguerra (1832-1923).
The flag of the instutute, as shown graphically on the website
of the institute, is horizontally divided green-white.
Ivan Sache, 18 January 2009
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
image by Ivan Sache, 9 January 2009
"Colegio Adventisto del Norte" was founded in 1984
in Bogotá by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, as "Colegio
Integral de Enseñanza Cristiana", and took its today's name
in 1992.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on
the website
of the institute, is white with two light blue and red
rectangles placed along the hoist and the emblem of the institute
in the middle of the flag.
The blue rectangle represents the Adventist education, projected
to heavens.
The red rectangle represents the blood sacrified by Jesus for the
reconciliation of mankind and God.
The white square represents a transformed life, symbol
of divine justice and redemption.
The emblem of the institute is a symbol of faith representing the
Christian philosophy and education taught in the institute. The
shield is blue, bordered by a red pentagon outlined in
yellow, representing the five continents covered by the Adventist
teaching, charged with the black writing "COLEGIO ADVENTISTA
DEL NORTE Bogotá D.C." The emblem is charged with a white
triangle outlined in yellow and charged with the emblem of the
Adventist Church, made of a golden flame representing the Holy
Spirit, a white cross representing Jesus, and a green book
representing the Bible, the base and source of all knowledge. The
triangle is surrounded by the black writing "MANO"
("hand", left), "MENTE" ("spirit",
right) and "CORAZÓN" ("heart", bottom),
exalting the integrity of the Adventist teaching.
Ivan Sache, 9 January 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 31 January 2009
"Gimnasio del Norte" was founded on 31 October 2002
in Valledupar, Department of Cesar, by the educators Pedro Ángel
Daza Mendoza and Berenice Flórez de Daza.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically on the website of the
institute, is vertically divided light blue-white.
Ivan Sache, 31 January 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 7 February 2009
"Gimnasio Norte del Valle" was founded on 6 July
1977 in Roldanillo, Department of Valle del Cauca.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically on the website of the
institute, is horizontally divided blue-white-blue.
Ivan Sache, 7 February 2009