The architectural remnants of the old coffee plantation estates configure remarkable examples of São Paulo State (Vale do Paraíba) rural architecture. The study of their components, as well as the way in which they were established and organized, was carried out by means of readings of coffee plantation literature of the time, and by the analysis of owners' deeds. On the last part of this essay, the focus is extended to the analysis of the remaining architecture of such edifications.
Coffee plantations; Vale do Paraíba; São Paulo; Rural architecture
