Arija is a small municipality north of Burgos, Spain, that dates back from more than thousand years. It comprised of the Alfoz de Santa Gadea. The cathedral Our Lady of Burgos. ...
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.
External links
Arija wiki, with a Photographic File about Cristalería Española glass factory - 1906 (Saint Gobain Glass Group), and the Dam of the Ebro river.
ET caught up with Arija before the launch of the show for her take on the producer's potentially controversial decision to include an attack on the embassy in the opening episode.
ARIJA BAREIKIS: I thought it was a wonderful new idea and a great medium for a great story.
ARIJA: When we first got there to do the pilot, we were hosted to a really lovely reception where we got to talk to people who work at the embassy.