Arija is a small town and
municipality in the
Province of Burgos, located to the north of the provincial capital
Burgos, in the
autonomous community of
Castile-Leon,
Spain. The town's history dates back more than thousand years. It comprised of the Alfoz de Santa Gadea.The recent history of Arija is linked to the factory of Cristalería Española S.A., that in 1906 settled in the lands of Arija. A French company of the Saint-Gobain Emporium, founded in 1665 by royal privilege of Luis XIV, was specialized in the manufacture of flat glass.
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