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Colegio Experimental Benigno Malo was established in Cuenca (Azuay) by a
Decree issued on 16 October 1858 by the Senate and the Chamber of
Representatives, as Colegio San Gregorio. The President of the Republic
promulgated the Decree on 20 October 1858. The reluctance of the municipality of
Cuenca prompted the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives to issue on 13
October 1863 a new Decree ordering the municipality to "establish as soon as
possible the National School created by the Law promulgated on 16 October 1858."
Juan Bautista Vásquez, Representative for Azuya, who had pushed the project
since 1853, was named first Rector of the school in 1864. Classes started in a
building acquired from the Order of Saint Dominic on 30 January 1864. The black
and white colors were granted to the school as a tribute to the Order.
In
1869, the school was transferred to the Society of Jesus, with the Italian
father Miguel Franco as its rector. Renamed to Colegio Nacional San Luis, it was
relocated into a building offered by the Society of Jesus. After the expelling
of the Jesuits from the country by the liberal government in 1876, the school
returned to its original premises and Juan Bautista Vásquez was re-established
as its rector.
In 1920, the National Congress renamed the school for the
Cuenca-born diplomat and politician Benigno Malo (1807-1870), first rector of
the University of Cuenca and Senator for Azuay.
http://www.colegiobenignomalo.edu.ec/index.php/explore/navigations/dropline-menu
School website
Ivan Sache, 31 December 2020
The flag of Colegio Nacional Experimental Benigno Malo is horizontally
divided white-black with the school's emblem in the center.
Photo
https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/regional/1/150-anos-del-emblematico-colegio-benigno-malo
Ivan Sache, 31 December 2020