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Sumario:During the golden age of coffee exploitation in the Colombian Coffee Axis, a constellation of architectures was built that served the direct purpose of its production and benefit. More than thirty years after that splendor ended, the least showy, most modest part of this constructed universe -that is, especially the vernacular- has been disappearing due to indifference and ignorance of its essential value and importance in the configuration of identity of the people of Manizales and the entire region in general. This study explains and identifies the transformations of rural and urban architecture for coffee processes in the Colombian Coffee Cultural Landscape (PCCC) during the period 1905-1989 (within which that golden age is located) and bases its heritage value on the context of this cultural landscape, focusing on the case study of the city and municipality of Manizales, capital of the department of Caldas, republic of Colombia. The research was approached with a hypothetical deductive methodology, combined with qualitative. After the statement of the problem and the bibliographic review, the hypothesis and the work plan were formulated. Subsequently, interviews with specialists were carried out, as well as deep documentary investigation (through all the available bibliography on the subject and primary sources in public and private archives) and field study. Finally, the collected information was collated for its interpretation, analysis and synthesis. From the results it was concluded that these architectures have value as cultural heritage and that they are fundamental in the conformation, development and consolidation of the territory of the PCCC and its identity.