iStock/Rikke68(CNN) - Paris has renamed three squares and one street to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots, dedicating them to LGBTQ icons.
One square was named Stonewall Riots Square, in recognition of the uprising by New York's LGBTQ community in response to a police raid at Greenwich Village's Stonewall Inn.
Another was named after San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay elected official, who was assassinated while in office.
In the renamed Stonewall Riots Square, a plaque commemorating Gilbert Baker, the American artist and LGBTQ activist who designed the rainbow flag, was installed.
Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, wrote on Instagram, "With Wednesday's inauguration of Harvey Milk square, Ovida Delect square, Stonewall Riots square and Pierre Seel Street, Paris celebrates all #LGBTQI+ activists.