Arija is a small municipality of the north of Burgos (Spain, that dates from more ago than a thousand of 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 1.906 settled in lands of Arija. A french company of the Saint-Gobain Emporium, founded on 1.665 by real privilege of Luis XIV, was specialized in the manufacture of flat glass.
