{{Short description|Village in Chile}} 200px|right|thumb|Pukará de Lasana '''Lasana''' is a small village located {{convert|40|km|0|abbr=on}} northeast of the city of Calama in the Calama province of Chile's northern Antofagasta Region. It sits along the banks of the Loa River.

Pukará de Lasana, (Quechua ''pukara'' fortress),<ref>{{Ref Laime}}</ref> a pre-Columbian fortress built in the 12th century, is the main architectural attraction of the village. It is located {{convert|8|km|0|abbr=on}} north of San Francisco de Chiu Chiu and was declared a national monument in 1982.<ref name="Monu">{{in lang|es}} [http://www.monumentos.cl/monumento.php?monumento_id=10241 Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile: Pukara de Lasana]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Petroglyphs can also be found in the area.

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==External links== {{in lang|es}} [https://archive.today/20130115210636/http://www.sernatur.cl/scripts/nacional/atractivo.php?atractivo=64 Sernatur - Lasana]

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Category:Archaeological sites in Chile Category:Populated places in El Loa Province

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