Spanish: Colegio Militar Leoncio Prado | |
Other name | CMLP |
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| Motto | Spanish: Disciplina, Moralidad, Trabajo |
Motto in English | Discipline, Morality, Work |
| Type | Military high school and preparatory school |
| Established | 27 August 1943 |
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| Accreditation | |
| Affiliation | Peruvian Armed Forces |
| Director General | CRL. EP. Edilmer Chávez Guevara |
| Location | , Peru |
| Language | Spanish |
| Named in honour of | Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez |
| Website | www |
The Leoncio Prado Military Academy (Spanish: Colegio Militar Leoncio Prado) is a Peruvian educational institution founded on 27 August 1943 by President of the Republic Manuel Prado Ugarteche and Secretary of Education Elías La Rosa.[1]
The academy came to worldwide notice as the setting of the novel The Time of the Hero by the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. A military-style high school with boarding facilities, it serves as both a military high school and the preparatory school for potential officers of the Peruvian Armed Forces, who make up most of its alumni.