The artificial Paranoá Lake in Brasilia was constructed in 1959, three years after the city had been built, starting from scratch “en el medio de la nada” as the president Juscelino Kubitschec said, who had ordered the construction of this surreal city, designed by the visionary architect Niemeyer as a “dynamic curve, like the ocean waves”, he said. The Paranoà River was dammed to create this lake with the purpose of raising the land’s degree of humidity, since Brasilia is naturally very dry. In 1987 Brasilia was registered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the only one built from scratch in the twentieth century. It was known as “Fantasy Island” for its modern architecture and utopian urban planning. The Juscelino Kubitschek bridge (named after the President), architectural icon of the city, referred to as the most beautiful in the world, spans the lake. It was designed by architect Alexandre Chan; the weight of the extravagant structure is supported by three steel arches on different planes, like the triple bounce of a stone thrown into the water.